Word: noor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...title at least, it appeared that the top man in the new regime would be the Prime Minister, Noor Mohammed Taraki, 61. He is a soft-spoken novelist and journalist who was once (1952-53) an attaché at the Afghan embassy in Washington. More recently, as leader of the 15,000-member Khalq (Masses) Party, Afghanistan's principal Communist faction, Taraki led a campaign against the domination of the long powerful Mohammed Zahir family, to which both Daoud and the cousin-King he had deposed belonged. Taraki was periodically imprisoned for his activities; indeed, he was in jail...
...newspaper's announcement of a financial crisis brought support from Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams, a former advertising manager for The Spectator. Abrams said he would attempt to find "a noor low-interest long-term loan" for The Spectator...