Word: akbar
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...fans demanded encores from Buffy sainte Marie, a University of Massachusetts graduate who represents "good" and the cause of the American Indian in a trembling, affected and poorly accompanied voice. Simultaneously, they ignored the amazing performance of Chicago blues giant Howling Wolf and the musical genious of Ali Akbar Kahn, sarod player of India...
...simplicity of emcee Pete Seeger along with Ali Akbar Khan and the Kweskin Jug Band saved the Sunday night concert. Khan displayed an amazing command of the sarod and improvised brilliantly, building a raga that totally engrossed the third of the audience that was seriously listening...
...sometimes, under their heads, killing two and wounding several other pilgrims. Though officials feared the excitement might provoke violence between Hindu and Moslem communities, on New Year's Day worshipers of both faiths paraded peacefully together, Hindus chanting "Har Har Mahadev!" (Praise to God), Moslems crying "Allah O Akbar!" (God is great...
Loyal Disciple. The rebel radio voice frenziedly called for the "people" to pour into the streets "to destroy the remnants of the Kassem regime." Between exhortations, martial music filled the air, especially songs extolling Arab unity, and Alahu Akbar (God Is Great), a favorite hymn of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser...
...then in his late 30s and had trained at the Royal Academy, did most of the drawing, leaving the mechanical tasks to William; but William rapidly developed into a competent artist, and before the safari was over was signing many pictures himself. Much impressed by the gateway leading to Akbar's Tomb at Sikandra, William noted in his diary that the road approaching it is "covered with Buildings & Ruins the Whole way. The Whole put one in mind of the Appian Way on account of the numerous remains of considerable buildings." The watercolor that resulted from this visit shows...