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...moment, neither Montazeri nor Rafsanjani appears to have been irreparably damaged by the recent brush with the U.S. Some Western diplomats believe that if Khomeini were to die tomorrow, Montazeri would become the country's religious leader and rule from the holy city of Qum, while Rafsanjani would run the government. But given the range of problems that Iran faces right now, such assessments could quickly change...
Platoon's audience, packing the large theater on a weeknight, still could not quite cope with what they saw. Some cried, some did not. "Nice shooting," laughed one man behind me as Barnes picked off a fleeing civilian. In another scene, Elias runs through the brush, singlehandedly ambushing an enemy squad. "Go, Rambo!" said someone. Eventually, everyone became very quiet...
Call it Lawstyles of the Rich and Famous. Former Auto Magnate John De Lorean, Singer Wayne Newton and New York Mets Pitcher Dwight Gooden all had ; dates with justice last week. Gooden's brush with the law took place in Tampa, where three cars carrying "Doctor K" and six friends were stopped by local police, who said two of the autos were "weaving." The police said a scuffle took place after Gooden grabbed an officer. The pitcher's response was that police hit him with a flashlight, and he fought back. Afterward, a routine test showed that Gooden's blood...
When the Crimson plays Colgate, Al holds up signs that say, "Brush Your Team With Colgate...
...view when painting Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background in the spring of 1889. The heaving stratification of the limestone, its caverns and holes, and the turbulent profile of Mount Gaussier to the west do look exactly like that, just as the writhing strokes of his brush on the olive trunks are a direct pictorial equivalent to the real arabesques of ancient bark and wood. One might not often see a real cloud like Van Gogh's -- that strange fetal shape extruded into the blue sky -- but it powerfully conveys the strength of the wind over the plains...