Word: abdul
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...freaky way, Black Jack can be compared to Kareem Abdul Jabaar. Jabaar had the sky hook and Black Jack and claw. Both mastered one skill and became the greatest in their sport...
...Abdul K. Abbas, associate professor of pathology at the Medical School, said that "most [faculty] don't get a direct salary from the Medical School." Instead, said Abbas, doctors receive their salaries from affiliated institutions such as hospitals, or from private practices and research grants...
Great athletes reinvent their sport. They reveal that the game can be played in a way that no one before had imagined. In basketball, Bill Russell showed that great defense spelled even better offense. Elgin Baylor showed that basketball was played in the air, not on the ground. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed that a seven-footer could be as graceful and mobile as players a foot shorter. Jordan combined all the exemplary skills of the greats who preceded him in one leaping, gyrating package. Sometimes it seemed as though he did everything better than anyone else had ever done...
...months before the election. Qureshi, a nonelected official, was imported from his home in Washington to ensure a fair campaign. He took office after Nawaz Sharif, like Bhutto three years earlier, had been forced out following a contretemps with President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, in a deal brokered by General Abdul Waheed Kakar, the army chief of staff. During his brief tenure, Qureshi cut tariffs, reformed tax collection and exposed some of the corruption that had flourished under the two preceding governments. A pre-election poll showed that 8 out of 10 Pakistanis would have liked Qureshi to stay...
...kickbacks on government contracts handed out to business associates. Whether Bhutto stays in power will largely depend on how she handles her relations with the military. One develoment in her favor: the top army command shifted last January, with the sudden death of General Asif Nawaz Janjua, to General Abdul Whaheed, 56, who is considered to be less political than his predecessors. But he too will face pressure from the armed services to defend the large defense budget, which Bhutto's poor and low-income supporters will want to see cut. After the army's role in forcing Nawaz Sharif...