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The makeup of the crowd in Tehran belied the popularity of Alamolhoda's message. The previous day, hundreds of buses had ferried families into the capital from outlying areas. Canceled school exams and days off from government offices ensured that some tens of thousands were at Revolution Square to receive...
The Rome-based writer's latest project is a would-be Broadway musical about the life and times of the colorful and controversial leader. The title, Burlesquoni, is easy, but Martera has been stuck trying to figure out how the show is supposed to end.
Likewise, requiring passengers to remain seated for the last hour of the flight has little apparent safety value. "I've discussed that with many people within the aviation-security field. Nobody for the life of them can figure out what that would accomplish," says Douglas Laird, president of the international...
Says Chris Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA): "Because the Israelis are not allowing in any reconstruction material, that $4.5 billion is just a paper figure." With more than 80% of Gazans now surviving on humanitarian handouts from UNRWA, Gunness adds, "Palestinians are becoming more...
On the phone, Caleb was polite but wary. I told him that I was writing about the dynamics of political ambition on campus, and about the arc of political ambition from freshman year to the final years of college. (I would also be interviewing the inevitable Harvard freshmen who publicized...