Kuwait: A Man for All Arabs

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Balancing family rivalries, Sabah's first move was to name the leader of the other faction. Sheik Jaber al Ahmed as Sabah, Kuwait's dynamic Finance Minister, as Acting Premier. Though considered pro-West, Jaber acts like a nonaligned nationalist, this year sent trade missions to Moscow and Peking "to broaden our horizons." At week's end, as the new ruler took his oath (and began drawing his $28,000-a-day salary), Kuwaitis predicted that he would soon designate Sheik Jaber as crown prince too. With that peaceful transition, the world's oilmen, bankers and diplomats could feel relieved.

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