Word: nur
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DELHI--President Nur Mohammed Taraki of Afghanistan resigned the presidency and leadership of the ruling party here yesterday, as intensifying rebel warfare and political dissension pushed the country into turmoil...
...Thought and Change in the Contemporary Middle East," Michael M. J. Fischer and Nur Yalman...
...Jordan, King Hussein kept his American-born wife Queen Nur, Brown's wife Colene and other guests waiting more than two hours for a formal dinner while he and Brown held what was later described as a "frank and fervent" discussion. All went smoothly until Israel became the subject: the King reportedly was adamant about the need for guarantees of the return of the West Bank and East Jerusalem to Arab sovereignty, and for a satisfactory resolution of the problem of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories...
...wasn't your basic fairy tale. The bearded Arab King started to propose over a dessert plate of apples, and the pretty American blonde responded: "Have another apple." That interlude, says Jordan's Queen Nur, 27, on ABC's Nov. 29 Barbara Walters Special, led to her marriage to King Hussein, 42. After the ceremony, says the former Lisa Halaby, she settled down in the palace with her husband's kids and the family pet camel, Fluffy, and faced her tough new job: being Queen. The King has not been much help on protocol, she says...
This production has been transplanted from the Juilliard Theater Center, and to judge by the cast, the school is nur turing some of the best and the brightest in their craft...