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The battle had been long and bloody, and the street was littered with bodies, but the enemy was not beaten yet. As a 21-year-old British officer leapt from his Sherman tank, he was confronted by a young German soldier.
Pale and bespectacled, the officer drew his pistol and waited to discover whether the German, still desperately clutching his weapon, was prepared to stake everything on one last stand. But the man was dying, and no shots were exchanged.
Murray Walker would never forget that intense moment in what he called a bloody time , as he joined the Allied spearhead into Germany in 1945.
Sultan Qaboos, 79, Is Dead; Built Oman Into Prosperous Oasis of Peacemaking
The longest-serving Arab ruler, Qaboos pulled his nation from poverty and brokered quiet talks between global foes.
Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman during a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman, in 2019.Credit.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool photo, via Associated Press
Published Jan. 10, 2020Updated Jan. 14, 2020
BEIRUT, Lebanon Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, who over nearly five decades in power transformed his Persian Gulf kingdom from an isolated enclave into a developed nation known for brokering quiet talks between global foes, has died, the Omani government announced on Saturday. He was 79.
Geoffrey Kent: A Luxury Safari Pioneer
The cofounder of Abercrombie & Kent, the high-end travel company, has himself visited more than 150 countries, often via private jet.
February 2021
Geoffrey Kent, cochairman of the internationally known luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent, has visited 158 countries and logged 18 million miles. He is usually clean-shaven and in a tailored suit, but since COVID-19 his suits have remained in the closet and he has grown a beard. On his desk sits his constant companion: a 40-year-old battered brown leather Louis Vuitton briefcase that has served as a car jack and emergency cash holder for airplane rentals in Third World countries.