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...skills of an innocent Armenian photographer unable to read Persian he made 300 copies and rushed them to foreign embassies and public places. Then he hired the mobs of a former champion athlete, Sha'abar Bi Mokh, who ran a gymnasium in Tehran. Bi Mokh's name means "Brainless" but his lucrative employment with the CIA shows he was inappropriately christened. Roosevelt's other macabre preparations for the coup included the assasination of some of Mossadeq's supporters. Their bodies, throats slit, were buried in the Elburz mountains...

Author: By Trevor Barnes, | Title: The CIA in Iran | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

...Brainless's mob began chanting slogans in support of the Shah early on August 19, slipping banknotes under windscreen wipers and giving others to all who would join them. It was a cynical tribute to the CIA's tactics soon all the streets around Parliament Square were squeezed tight with pro-Shah demonstrators. Orators miraculously sprang from the crowd and called for the downfall of Mossadeq. The Shah's portrait was hung on a banner across the railroad station...

Author: By Trevor Barnes, | Title: The CIA in Iran | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

...tradition. His mythological scenes, in imitation of Titian, were leaden and vacuous; his nudes, meant to emulate Rubens, had the consistency of overboiled gnocchi; homage kept turning into parody. In the meantime De Chirico railed furiously at the modern movement; Braque and Matisse were "malodorous" and surrealism was a brainless obscenity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Metaphysician's Last Exit | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Past fights in Illinois over the Equal Rights Amendment have been bareknuckle contests, with anti-ERA legislators complaining about "braless, brainless broads." In contrast, last week's debate in the state's house of representatives was a civilized affair. The battle seemed to be over; proponents thought they had the votes to win. Republican Governor James Thompson had been lobbying for support. So too had the powerful Cook County Democratic machine. Thus some 400 spectators, including the Governor's wife, who wore a pro-ERA button, were in an optimistic mood as they crowded into the gallery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: An ERA Defeat | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

Anything Goes has everything going for it, and you would be a fool to miss out. If you're at all susceptible to brainless musical comedy with lots of heart, then the Dunster production will leave you hooting and cheering, smashing your hands together and babbling like an idiot...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Porter Ambrosia | 4/20/1978 | See Source »

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