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Abdul-Baha
Abdul-Baha One in a series of four founders and shapers of a Muslim sect known as the Baha'is, Persian-born religious leader Abdul-Baha (1844-1921) perpetuated the teachings of his father, the Baha'u'llah, by becoming the community's third religious leader. Essential to Abdul-Baha's work as... Read more |
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Abdul Hamid II
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Abdul Razak
Abdul Razak , 1922-76, prime minister of Malaysia (1970-76). Elected to the national legislature in 1959, he was deputy prime minister and minister of defense from 1959 to 1970. In 1970, he became prime minister, foreign minister, and defense minister, succeeding Tunku Abdul Rahman . While... Read more |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1947– <... Read more |
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Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel [Heb.,=garden land], mountain ridge, NW Israel, extending 13 mi (21 km) NW from the plain of Esdraelon to the Mediterranean Sea, where it ends in a promontory marking the southern limit of the Bay of Haifa. Its highest point is 1,792 ft (546 m), and it is one of the most striking... Read more |
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Abdul Aziz
Abdül Aziz For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Abd al-Aziz.... Read more |
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Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz
Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz , 1923-2005, king of Saudi Arabia (1982-2005). A son of Ibn Saud , the founder of Saudi Arabia, Fahd served as education minister (1953-62) and interior minister (1962-75) and was named (1975) crown prince by his half-brother King Khalid . He was a powerful shaper of Saudi... Read more |
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Elazig
Elâziğ, Turkey Mezere Founded as a military garrison called Mezere from mazra᾽a ‘hamlet’ in the mid‐19th century by the autocratic Abd al‐'Aziz (or Abdul Aziz) (1830–76), Ottoman Sultan (1861–76). The name was changed in 1862 to Mamurat... Read more |
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman , 1903-90, Malaysian political leader. A prince, he was the fifth son of Sultan Abdul Halim Shah of Kedah and was educated in England at Cambridge. Rahman entered the Kedah state civil service in 1931. In 1945 he helped found the United Malay National Organization, a nationalist... Read more |
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Abscam
ABSCAM Abdul Scam "Everybody was laughing at what was happening. It was like guys coming out of the bush, saying, 'Hey, give me some of the money/They'd pay one guy and the next day five guys would be calling them, guys they didn't even know. The tapes are hilarious." This was... Read more |
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Motown double-header
...night. The Four Tops and...said the Four Tops' Abdul "Duke...As if the Four Tops - Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs...Edward Holland Jr., ... |
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Four Tops are spinning new tunes
...10-2007 Four Tops are spinning...EditionsThe Four Tops can...The Tops' Abdul "Duke...original member left in the Tops' lineup...Tops lineup Lawrence ... |
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Four Tops' Star Benson Succumbs; Benson loses battle with lung cancer
...member of the Four Tops and...LeviStubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakirand Lawrence Payton--in 1954...known as the Four Tops. The...years until Payton's deathin...Berry Gordy Jr. ... |
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Obie Benson Of Four Tops Passes
...member of the Four Tops and...Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir and Lawrence Payton -- in 1954...known as the Four Tops. Thequartet...Berry Gordy Jr. signed...with the Four ... |