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THE PRINCE OF TIDES

Students in a car-safety course at Effat University in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, on March 5

IN TERMS OF TIMING, SHAKESPEARE SAID IT BEST IN Julius Caesar: “There is a tide in the affairs of men,/ Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;/ Omitted, all the voyage of their life/ Is bound in shallows and in miseries.” As the U.S. considers the young, dynamic and controversial Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, it is important to remember that he believes his destiny lies in reshaping not only

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