Word: abou
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There should be plenty of other non-locals at the fair, so visitors don't have to worry too much abou feeling out-of-place. Leprechaun Imports sells most of its stock of shot glasses decorated with maps of Ireland and kelly green track sneakers to tourists, and the lady behind the counter swore she had just gotten off the phone with an Irishman in Los Angeles who was interested in a South Boston warm-up suit...
...should get along well. Among other things, Sadat is as devout a Moslem as Carter is a Baptist. Moreover, both are small-town boys who talk about the inspiration they still gain from their home towns. Sadat's Plains is a Nile Delta village named Mit Abou Alkoum (the Place of the Heap), which Sadat has called "an unfailing source of morality, common sense and perspective...
Intimidating Aim. In Guinea, a common torture is confinement in a cell too small to allow a prisoner either to stand up or lie down. "The cell they put me in was about 4 ft. by 2 ft.," testifies Soumah Abou, 46, one of Sekou Toure's victims who now lives in France. "It had a tin roof and a metal door. There was no window, only some ventilation holes. There was no light, no bed, no place to go to the bathroom. For eight days I had no food or water...
...Leila Abou Seif, 31, a TV director who uses Western cinematic techniques to explore Egyptian themes. Her latest film is Egypt's favorite subject now: a moving paean to the wounded soldiers of the October...
...institution is immune from a degree of duplication of effort; but at a time when the austerity "cry" is becoming slightly cacophonous; at a time when the University is necessarily niggardly in the allocation of its operating monies, it strikes me as moderately irresponsible to read abou: costly recommendations when a more careful reconnaissance of immanent resources could so easily obviate unnecessary expenses. George A. Levesque Research Fellow in Ethnic Studies, The Charles Warren Center for Studies In American History