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...imprisoned for his human-rights activism during the reign of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, making Bazargan a natural choice for Prime Minister of the provisional government formed after the Shah fled in 1979. But Bazargan's relationship with the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's Revolutionary Council soon deteriorated into a bitter power struggle, culminating in his resignation just nine months later...
...when I got back to my apartment, I'd been burglarized. My stereo, TV, money, everything,'' says the 46-year-old Milwaukee, Wisconsin, handyman. As Thomlin tells the story, he slams the nearest piece of wood with his fist. ``You know what really kills me?'' he asks with a bitter chuckle. ``The whole goddam reason I voted was because I'm so sick of crime and the lack of values in this country.'' Now Thomlin relies on his own solution: he keeps a tire iron in his bedroom for protection...
Their parents were bitter opponents, but Kris Aquino, 23, and Ferdinand (``Bongbong'') Marcos Jr., 36, have turned the other cheek. The daughter of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino invited the late dictator's son, who is now a Congressman, onto her Manila TV talk show. ``Did you hate us?'' she asked meaningfully. ``Maybe in the beginning,'' he admitted. After a chat, they kissed politely. Corazon Aquino is reported to be ``very, very upset'' about the encounter on the show, but Bongbong's mother Imelda declared, ``The older generation has a lot to learn from their children...
TheO.J. Simpson trialwas thrown into chaos today because of the illness of one prosecutor and a bitter back-and-forth between attorneys on both sides regarding an eleventh-hour witness list submitted by the defense. Deputy District Attorney Christopher Darden denounced the list as a roster of "heroin addicts, thieves, felons and . . . a court-certified pathological liar." Prosecutor William Hodgman was hospitalized last evening, complaining of chest pains; he is still in the hospital. Judge Lance Ito noted that Hodgman appeared extremely disturbed as defense attorneys announced the new witnesses yesterday. "I've known him as a colleague...
Grant, a pro-choice conservative who can be gracious to guests and rapacious to callers, got a dose of his own malice last fall. Frank Lautenberg, the New Jersey Democratic Senator who was in a bitter race with Republican and frequent Grant guest Chuck Haytaian, ran ads stating that "Grant calls blacks savages, and called Martin Luther King a scumbag." A tri-state ruckus ensued, with New Jersey Republican Governor Christine Whitman declaring she would no longer appear on Grant's show and citizens calling for the host's scalp and other body parts. But all the heat didn...