Olds classic car

At the very beginning of General Motors, the divisions competed against each other, launching rival products in each other's markets, stealing sales and confusing customers. Under the iron rule of President Alfred P. Sloan, inter-divisional rivalry was all but eliminated.

Each marquee was assigned a place on the GM hierarchy and each was given an image. Cadillac was positioned at the high end of the luxury market and Buick took lower end. Pontiac became synonymous with performance while Oldsmobile developed the reputation of being GM's experimental division. If one wanted to drive tomorrow's technology today, it would be found first on an Oldsmobile.

Camel racing is an exciting sport where camels and their owners congregate at racetracks around the country. Racing camels are bred for the track and are highly prized possessions. A good racing camel can fetch a price of RO 30,000 (US $ 77,400). Jockeys are drafted for their size (or lack thereof) and some make their professional debuts around five years old. Crowd enthusiasm is high on these occasions. However, raceday is not announced long in advance, so it is best to know someone who has an inside track as to when a race is scheduled

Radio Sultanate of Oman

 began broadcasting on a 1KW transmitter on 30th July 1970, just one week after HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said came to power, from a small station at Bait al Falaj in Ruwi, near Muscat. In the following year, transmissions began from Salalah.

In 1972, a new medium wave station was inaugurated and in 1979, the Muscat and Salalah stations were linked by satellite. The number of Arabic transmission hours increased from four hour per day in 1970 to round-the-clock transmission from 1 November 1998.