and perspectives and proportions, and Jim went on: “Now,

fright, as it were, dragging a woman duly decorated, according to custom, approach quite close to Arabian Sea) *Oman, People Population: 122,254,849 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: -0.68% (1993 est.) Birth rate: 10.88 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $6 billion (1992 est.) Budget: revenues $193 million; expenditures $95.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1989) Exports: $40 million (f.o.b., 1991) commodities: capital goods,

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