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...holiest of Iranian cities, but also studied Western philosophy. He played no big role in Khomeini's revolution, yet nonetheless rose to become a leading religious intellectual, prized for both his candor and his mind. But he was never a man who lusted for power. Friends recall his fury when a group of liberal clerics suggested he run for President. But when moderates convinced him that his credibility with hard-liners meant he was the only man who could change Iran, he plunged into the 1997 campaign...
...accused of spying for Israel. Despite sanctioning the press crackdown, spiritual leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei--successor to Khomeini--has warned religious militants against thuggery and publicly praises Khatami--as if cautioning security forces against a coup. But Khamenei rejects any vision of freedom that threatens Islam's position in power. "As long as I live," he warned in a recent Friday sermon, "I will not allow anybody to lead the country toward secularism...
...spartan. You'll have a hard time selling the house that you considered your nest egg (the generation behind just won't have enough buyers). And your neighbors' children, simultaneously burdened with the cost of your aging and victimized by the one thing you'll hold onto--your political power--will boil with resentment. Your own kids may get especially peevish: even today, says Rand Corp. economist James P. Smith, "half the adult children with parents who die over age 70 get zero. Parents are living longer, with more health expenses. The first thing to go...is bequests to children...
...common memory complaints such as mine are and how serious they could become. On both counts, I came away reassured. While the brain stores memories in a number of areas, it is the frontal lobe that retrieves them and puts them to work. For all its data-crunching power, the frontal lobe is a fragile thing. Everything from fatigue to hormonal changes to simple cellular wear and tear can cause it to falter. "Frontal-lobe processes change in all people as they age," says Scott Small, assistant professor of neurology at Columbia and a research colleague of Mayeux...
Shakespeare will survive this distortion. So will Branagh; he is, above all, an energetic entrepreneur. But we must look elsewhere for an actor of classical grace and modern power who will be not the next Olivier but the next Ken Branagh...