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...Islam are considered binding by a following of devout Shi'ite Muslims. Some of his sons have also married into prominent clerical families, giving them status beyond politics. Ali Larijani represents Qum, the center of Islamic scholarship in Iran, in parliament. Ahmadinejad, by contrast, is the son of a blacksmith...
...inauguration to a controversial second term, Iran's President finds himself in a critical struggle over his political future. One thing has led to another: an ill-advised vice-presidential pick, uncharacteristic defiance of the Supreme Leader, verbal fights with influential Cabinet Ministers. The humble son of a blacksmith is easily the most divisive figure in the 30-year history of the Republic. Could his end be just around the corner...
...hotel is right in town, within walking distance of the Fenimore Art Museum (the current exhibit features American artists' impressions of Rome at the turn of the century) and the Farmers' Museum, a living museum and ode to farming, with maple syrup-making and butter-churning demonstrations and a blacksmith shop. A special anniversary package starts at $299, breakfast included, through June 11. Or you could throw down for the VIP package, which includes breakfast, dinner and Dom Perignon champagne, among other treats, for $1,909 for two guests for two nights; the package is available through November...
...itself a critique of South African apartheid—Rodoreda’s rootless fantasy world communicates comparatively little of Coetzee’s allegorical power. Through the unnamed narrator, Rodoreda implements an emotionally stripped style as a stand-in for wanton horror: “The blacksmith did not want me to entomb my child in the tree. He said he would use the ring for some other dead person. I left home, carrying my child, who had turned wooden, like the table.” As originally conceived, this device is supposed to amplify an effect by presenting...
...night of November 21st There was an event where we heard bad verse. Seven people onstage read some poems— Most were outrageous, none were ho-hum. It was at the Blacksmith House, beside Hi-Rise Bakery. And the poems were awful; there was no fakery. It was called the Bad Poets’ Society And this was the eighth time for such impropriety. Once there was a show shortly after 9/11, They’d decided to hold it, although the humor is irreveren’. That show, a success, was the first time Gene Doucette read...