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...constitution, he shrewdly managed to become a candidate of the Islamic Republic Party, the principal organization of Iran's orthodox mullahs. Later breaking with the I.R.P., he won a landslide presidential victory. Banisadr was also lucky enough to take office when Khomeini was suffering from a heart ailment; wary of anarchy, the Ayatullah had no choice but to build up the President as the only official with a mandate to govern. Says one insider of the clerical establishment: "Banisadr correctly read Khomeini's recognition of the fact that the clergy are incapable of running the country...
...Vinicius Cruz de Mello Moraes, 66, Brazilian poet, dramatist and lyricist who collaborated with Composer Antonio Carlos Jobim on the international hit The Girl from Ipanema and on the musical drama Orfeu da Conceição, which became the basis for the film Black Orpheus; of a lung ailment; in Rio de Janeiro. Moraes served in Brazil's diplomatic corps until the country's puritanical military bosses fired him for his "vagabond" ways, which included nine marriages. In his later years he was a fixture at Rio's all-night cafés and clubs, where...
...except a victim can truly understand the complete sense of helpless ness and despair that overcomes a once vigorous adult who is suddenly struck down by this devastating, if usually tem porary, ailment. The victim's world quickly shrinks, often limited at the onset to bed or couch. Work and household chores are almost totally ignored, and every movement is fraught with peril. Dressing becomes
DIED. James Wright, 52, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for poetry; of an undisclosed ailment; in New York City. His subjects captured quotidian images from his native Midwest, among them: "Crickets outside my window, cold and hungry old men, a red-haired child in her mother's arms...
Although drugs are now available to arrest the disease and render its effects virtually unnoticeable in many cases, Li reacted unfavorably to initial medical treatments. As her ailment spread, bumps and purple splotches veiled her attractive face...