Word: karim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...burdened by the presence of more than 44,400 asylum seekers -- and more boat people are pouring in despite the colony's year-old attempt to close its doors. About 20,000 have arrived so far this year. "The problem is that it is an unending problem," explains Fazlul Karim, head of the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Hong Kong, he says, is "completely...
...happens, the slugger's younger brother Karim Jabov is a famous Soviet sports figure in his own right. Shortly after the Russian invention of soccer, the gangly Karim picked up a soccer ball and playfully thrust it back over his head into a potato basket hanging from the rafter of a people's barn. He thus simultaneously invented both the in-your-face reverse slam dunk and the entire game of basketball. Watch for the complete story in Izvestia...
...addition, Representative Karim H. Lopez '88 announces that the 14 new, snazzy council suggestion boxes, requested by council members some time ago, will finally be finished by the next meeting. The council applauds his effort. The suggestion boxes--one for each house dining hall and the Freshman Union--are made of varnished wood and cost the council almost $100, even though Lopez and delegate J. Todd Ensley '89 built the boxes themselves. The boxes fill a vacuum; until now there have been no suggestion boxes on campus...
...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...
...ease public concern over its MIC plant at Institute, W. Va., which was closed down immediately after the Bhopal tragedy. Conducting a press tour of the facility, it showed off the results of a $5 million program to improve safety measures. Some environmentalists were not entirely reassured. Says A. Karim Ahmed, a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council in New York City: "It remains to be seen whether they learned the lesson of Bhopal...