Word: aly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emerged from his office in Weld Hall and paused teetering on the steps of that noble pile to button his raincoat. It was an action which caused in him a troble grief. First, because it gave him time to reflect, as he always did, that the University had given Ali Ahmed, graduate student in Indian Studies, an office in Boyiston Hall, and him, Chadrakrisha himself, only a garret in Weld. Second, because it reminded him that he was wearing a cheap American raincoat. Finally, because it urged upon his flickering consciousness the thought that he was buttoning his raincoat...
...added twist of the screw, the government will get even with rich landowners who for decades have cheated on their taxes; compensation for expropriated lands will be based on the niggardly profits their owners have reported on their tax returns. Among the biggest landholdings to be redistributed: Ali Amini's own Massachusetts-sized estate...
...Landlords are shifty poltroons," says Iran's reform-minded Premier Ali Amini...
Last November smallpox erupted with more than usual violence in Karachi. It has killed at least 267 people and made many more sick. But not until five infected Pakistanis had flown the disease to England did Pakistani Health Minister, General Wajid Ali Burki, crack down on Karachi's sloppy vaccination and isolation practices. While Britons rushed for emergency vaccinations, health inspectors carted off newly-arrived Pakistanis' clothing for disinfection. Authorities in London sputtered that all the infected Pakistanis had "valid" vaccination certificates when they entered. But a Pakistani admitted that in his country these can easily be bought...
...Lilienthal when Ebtehaj resigned after an argument with the Cabinet. Moreover, at the time of Ebtehaj's arrest, no high official seemed prepared to admit responsibility for it; the Minister of Justice was ill and away from his office; the public prosecutor was nowhere to be found; Premier Ali Amini claimed he knew nothing of the case...