Word: scholar
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Abdollah Nouri does not look like a dangerous counterrevolutionary. In a nation run by clerics, he ranks among the most senior, not quite an ayatullah but a hojatolislam, or "proof of Islam." Over dates and tea in his office, the diminutive religious scholar turned newspaper publisher spoke with tones of bureaucractic conformity. But his words were far from blather. "Transferring power to the people was an objective of our revolution 20 years ago," he told TIME in a rare interview. But, he added candidly, "power has a tendency to create authoritarianism...
Wahid is from a distinguished family of Muslim leaders. Known for his mischievous wit, the multilingual scholar speaks English and Arabic fluently. He studied in Iraq and Egypt, and heads the 30 million-strong Nahdlatul Ulama, a nationwide association that runs traditional Islamic schools. But he also is a lover of Western literature and classical music, has a long record of opposing religious extremism and speaking out on behalf of the Christian and Chinese minorities in Indonesia and has even recommended opening diplomatic relations with Israel--much to the fury of more conservative Islamic groups. "Gus Dur is a pluralist...
Mazzoleni is well aware of the effort it takes to balance an academic workload and an athletic career in college. As a senior at Michigan State, he was awarded the Blue Line President's Award, presented to the team's top scholar-athlete...
...noted scholar on Chinese literature and history, Li was a junior fellow at Harvard from 1990 to 1993, and has also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Pennsylvania...
raised $1 million for a "Colorado Scholar" in the Women's Studies...