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Among the photographs is a series that Sevruguin took when he had access to the Persian royal court. He was allowed to take formal portraits but also more casual, intimate pictures of the shah. These unlikely photographs were probably made possible because Nasir al-Din Shah, who reigned from 1848 to 1896, was a patron of photography and encouraged the craft in his country. One print is of a Western barber dying the shah's mustache. Here the European is serving the Easterner in a photograph by a native. It is here that it becomes clear that Sevruguin is more...
...comparison with the typically tame atmosphere on campus, the chaos of the Head of the Charles provides a refreshing bustle of activity and excitement," said Neil Shah '03. "It's clearly one of the most invigorating weekends of the year...
...couldn't have imagined that it could happen on this campus, in this city," Saif I. Shah Mohammed '01 said...
...collection time, a chance for McAuliffe to demonstrate his trademark blend of cajoling and ribbing and his use of fund-raising argot--an old hand never needs to say the last three digits of the big dollar amounts. "You all pumped up for the event?" he asked Niranjan Shah, an engineering-firm executive in Chicago. "You got your 100 done?" Pause. "No, you're right. You don't have a choice." O'Keefe found sport in the next call as he dialed Cincinnati lawyer Stan Chesley. "Ten bucks you can't close this guy," he dared McAuliffe. McAuliffe liked...
Bush did not mention what many consider the most high-profile failure of his administration, in the area of foreign policy. At the administration's first state dinner, the President mistakenly referred to the President of Turkey as the "Shah of Turkmenistan," and the people of the country as "Turkeys." The resultant diplomatic repercussions resulted in the State Dinner Conflict of 2002, which ended with an official apology and the resignation of the Secretary of State...