A·li (ä-lē') Muslim caliph (656-661) after whose assassination Islam was divided into Sunnite and Shiite sects. |
Ali, Muhammad Originally Cassius Marcellus Clay (klā) American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight title in 1964, 1974, and 1978. |
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ALI American Law Institute |
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