Word: azam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ayub had not expected that the ragtag collection of opposition parties, ranging from crypto-Communists to right-wing orthodox Moslems, would unite behind a single candidate. But unite they did behind the revered sister of the late Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Quaid-i-Azam (Great Leader) and founding father of Pakistan. Trained as a dental surgeon (she practiced only a year), Fatima Jinnah's experience in politics was limited to campaigning with and for her brother...
...Khans, along with Hashim's two brothers, Roshan and Azam, have monopolized the U.S. Open title since they first began to come here from Pakistan a dozen years ago. "They're simply fantastic players," Crimson squash coach Jack Barnaby says. "They cover ground better than anyone else in the game and their shots are better too. Anyone who comes over to watch will see something very different from the ordinary game...
...scored one sensational win recently, however, when he knocked off defending champion Azam Khan in this year's U.S. open. Khan is one of the leading professionals in the world...
...previously beaten Salaun, the national singles champion; Azam Khan, defending U.S. open champion; and Niederhoffer on two occasions, by convincing scores. This time Niederhoffer crushed Zug, giving the capacity crowd at Homenway a demonstration of perhaps the finest squash seen at Harvard. In an all-court match, Niederhoffer made several beautiful saves at crucial moments...
...eleven days after the storm struck, the estimate was that the total would be "unimaginably higher'' than the 5,000 dead reported on Ramgati and Hatia alone. Getting out of his Jeep to inspect some still-standing huts in the stricken region, East Pakistan Governor Lieut. General Azam Khan observed: "People must give up living in those places...