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...some professors think classes should be at least slightly larger. "When you have one person in class it's not as valuable in that you don't have as much give and take--there is much more discussion when you have three of four," says Aga Khan Professor of Iranian Richard N. Frye, who teaches Iranian 177, "State and Religion in Pre-Modern Iran." Fuller agrees, "The dynamics really change substantially from when you have four students to when you have three students. It affects your ability to play them off against each other in terms of getting them...
...illustrate my point I refer specifically to the above-mentioned article on the Harvard-linked Pakistan medical school at the Aga Khan University. The founder of the Aga Khan University, Prince Karim Aga Khan, as the article correctly points out is a Harvard alumnus. The article is also correct in identifying the Aga Khan as a spiritual leader. However, he is not the spiritual leader of 14 million Pakistanis; rather he is the spiritual leader (Iman) of a Muslim minority group known as the Nizari Ismailis who live in various countries. In addition to Pakistan, these countries include India, Iran...
...Crimson should also be aware that the words "Aga Khan" constitute a herditary title bestowed in 1817 by the Qajar rulers of Iran on the religious leadership of the Nizari Ismaili community. The present leader (Iman) of the Ismailis is thus more accurately designated as Aga Khan IV. It is therefore quite absurd for your reporter to treat the word "Khan" in "Aga Khan" as if it were a last name (e.g. Khan, the super-rich Pakistani leader....). The inappropriateness of such a usage can perhaps be best illustrated if one were to refer to the British Prince of Wales...
MARRIED. Yasmin Aga Khan, 35, daughter of Actress Rita Hayworth and the late Prince Aly Khan; and Basil Embiricos, 36, Greek economist and shipping heir; both for the first time; in New York City. The civil ceremony was scheduled far in advance of Muslim and Greek Orthodox rites, which will be held in late June, because of the failing health of Hayworth, a victim of Alzheimer's disease...
ENGAGED.Yasmin Aga Khan, 35, daughter of Screen Legend Rita Hayworth and the late playboy Prince Aly Khan, who has been raising funds for research into Alzheimer's disease, the fatal brain disorder that afflicts her mother; and Basil Embiricos, 36, Greek economist and shipping scion; in Gouvieux, France. The announcement was made by Yasmin's half brother the Aga Khan, leader of the world's 14 million Ismaili Muslims. The marriage, the first for both, will take place this summer...