Word: alie
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since he came to power three months ago, Pakistan's headstrong President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has learned a few lessons in the art of compromise. Last week he headed off a crisis that could have led to further fragmentation of his country. In an important concession to his chief rival, Pathan Community Leader Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Bhutto announced that he would restore Pakistan to democratic government next August. "The curse of martial law will be buried forever, God willing," he pledged in a radio address...
...focus for the historic nationalism of the warlike Pathan and Baluch tribesmen. Russian-supplied automatic rifles are being smuggled across the frontier from Afghanistan, evidently destined for the 6,000-strong Zalme Pakhtoon (Pathan Youth). A bloody riot erupted in Quetta, a city in Baluchistan, after Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto appointed governors for the two provinces from his own party, despite the fact that the National Awami Party holds majorities in the provincial assemblies...
...Ali style is cool, but you have to be Ali to make it work. I used to keep my left down low, like he does, you know, but now I keep both my hands up higher, Its more classic, more like Henry Lamar teaches you. Even Ali, when he gets in close, brings his hands up high. If he had kept his right up against Frazier, he wouldn't have taken as many hooks...
...Mersa Matruh, swing inland over Egypt to Luxor, turn again to cross the Red Sea and fly north over Saudi Arabia to reach Amman. The nonstop flight lasts four hours and consumes nearly every drop of fuel. "It is just within range with nothing to spare," says Alia Director Ali Ghandour. "If a hijacker demands to go to some onward destination, he will die for his decision...
...been upstairs in the main sports arena. "I promise to return and fill the main stage," he said. "Who says America doesn't like poetry?" Whether or rather how America likes poetry is not the immediate question; the question is, can Yevtushenko fill Madison Square Garden as, say, Muhammed Ali has. The answer is no. Yevtushenko, whatever he is, is no matinee idol, no charismatic force and, by the way, he is not even a good poet. Yevtushenko: the name is more than...