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...very first time. Marian Kunetka Fayetteville, U.S. Spy vs. Spy Re your report on John Le Carr?'s new book, Absolute Friends [Jan. 19]: I discovered the novels of Le Carr? relatively late in life but then very quickly understood the reasons for his prominence. He has been a brilliant chronicler of world politics. His ambivalence and ambiguity, however, have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. Sanjeev Sharma Formby, England Hope for Kashmir Your report on attempts on the life of Pakistan...
...quite the '60s yet, so the Beatles weren't quite the Beatles. They were delightful celebrities. It would take a couple more years and the release of albums like "Rubber Soul," "Revolver" and especially "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" for us to see that they were also brilliant musical innovators...
...Grand Ayatullah Abul Khoei, who would turn out to be Iraq's leading cleric. As Saddam ruthlessly suppressed clerical activism, Khoei advocated "quietism," the belief that the clergy should mainly serve spiritual and social needs, and not focus on matters of state. Sistani quickly distinguished himself as a brilliant theologian, adept at applying religious doctrine to the dilemmas of modern life. (His website, sistani.org offers advice on the propriety of, among other things, interest-bearing loans and masturbation...
This is my bitter story about how Hollywood screwed up my brilliant idea. Only it wasn't even Hollywood. It was VH1. It's really more a story about how four guys MTV was trying to get rid of screwed up my idea...
...your report on John Le Carre's new book, Absolute Friends [Jan. 12]: I discovered the novels of Le Carre relatively late in life but then very quickly understood the reasons for his prominence. He has been a brilliant chronicler of world politics, but his ambivalence and ambiguity have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. SANJEEV SHARMA Formby, England...