Word: alie
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Many believed the election results were preordained, if not precooked. For months it had been a foregone conclusion that the next President of Iran would be Ali Akbar Nateq-Noori, the Speaker of the Iranian parliament, a staunch conservative backed by the country's most powerful political machine. He even had the implicit support of Iran's Supreme Leader, the Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, successor of the Ayatullah Khomeini...
TEHRAN, Iran: The future of Iran stood at a crossroads as millions of citizens flocked to the polls to choose between Mohammad Khatami, a moderate who promises a more open society, and Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, a conservative who has vowed to strictly enforce the nation's traditional social code. Khatami, a cleric who formerly headed Iran's culture ministry, is immensely popular with the nation's youth, who want the government to ease restrictions on western media and laws mandating rigid adherence to traditional conduct. Nateq-Nouri, the current parliamentary speaker, has the backing of Iran's hard-line...
HIFIP Executive Director Thomas D. Mullins said the database project was born soon after he met information technology expert S. Nazim Ali in Bahrain in 1994. Ali is now director of operations for HIFIP...
Before giving out the awards, Levenson Award organizers Ali Ahsan '98 and Ben W. Hulse '98 read parts of the nominations students submitted...
...Ali Ahsan is a sophomore living in Quincy House...