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Western observers remain puzzled as to what Khomeini really means when he talks about turning Iran into an "Islamic republic." But in a number of interviews he has asserted that he supports a parliamentary democracy for Iran. First would come the creation of a Khomeini-named revolutionary council, which would appoint a caretaker government, call national elections for a new constituent assembly, and then hold a public referendum on a new constitution. Although Islamic law would presumably become part of the legal system, the Ayatullah's aides have said that religious strictures would not be applied as rigidly...
...them late at night. Probably the most familiar of Lee's TV heroes is the Incredible Hulk, a pleasant enough physicist (Bill Bixby) who turns into a green monster (Lou Ferrigno) when he gets mad at some injustice or another, which happens predictably every Wednesday night. Another Lee creation is Captain America, who made his first appearance this month. Captain America's mission is to fight all enemies of the American way of life, whatever that is. Though he has no regular hour, Spider-Man also creeps on to CBS from time to time. He is really Peter...
...science have become self-consciously aware of their excesses, even of their capacity for evil. Now they find themselves jostled into a strange metaphysical intimacy. Perhaps the most extraordinary sign of that intimacy is what appears to be an agreement between religion and science about certain facts concerning the creation of the universe. It is the equivalent of the Montagues and Capulets collaborating on a baby shower...
According to the Book of Genesis, the universe began in a single, flashing act of creation; the divine intellect willed all into being, ex nihilo. It is not surprising that scientists have generally stayed clear of the question of ultimate authorship, of the final "uncaused cause." In years past, in fact, they held to the Aristotelian idea of a universe that was "ungenerated and indestructible," with an infinite past and an infinite future. This was known as the Steady State theory...
...sterile, superficial homosexual world, Gatsby in drag; Sutherland, a Quentin Crisp, queer before it became chic, is doomed by his undersized member, a homosexual leper. With his speed and Quaaludes, his chiffons and Estee Lauder and bridge games and Egyptian groupies, Sutherland is Holleran's one truly brilliant creation. Sutherland provides much of the bitchy humor that makes Dancer, if nothing else, one of the funnier books of the year...