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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/07/opinion/07THU4.html
Saudi Arabia Searches for a More Flexible Social Contract
(New York Times) Philip Taubman - The forces of modernization and liberalization in Saudi Arabia need all the help they can get if they are to prevail in a society that has long been shaped by an insular brand of Islam and governed by an extended royal family prone to corruption and autocratic rule.