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...delight of most reformers, however, Ganji--an unabashed partisan of President Mohammed Khatami's, an avid reader of Western philosophy and the son of a gas-station attendant--refuses to avert his eyes. A street activist during Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's revolution, he now insists that building Iran's democracy entails acknowledging the Islamic regime's past mistakes. Whether Ganji will be able to continue his campaign is a crucial test for Iran's reformers as they maneuver against the hard-line conservatives who maintain control over the security forces and judicial system. If Ganji manages to remain alive...
...leafed through some sheets of poetry on the table, the host, claiming authorship, offered to recite them to me-which he did, to my delight and the enjoyment of everyone else in the room. It became obvious that our host's art objects, though inexpensive and not even "artistic" in the traditional sense, were nonetheless invaluable for the personal meaning they possessed...
...Folk Erotica: Celebrating Centuries of Erotic Americana is a compilation of sexual paintings, drawings, carvings, and other arousing art. Those like "Cowboy Blow-Job," created mainly of tin cans and featuring a cowboy receiving a ten-gallon hat's worth of oral delight from his favorite ranchhand, fancifully combine fantasy and humor capable of eliciting an hearty "Yee-haw!" from an appreciative audience...
...every six months--the fastest growth in Asia. Money is pouring in from U.S. venture capitalists. There are 50,000 Chinese domain names. By some calculations, China will have the second largest population of Web surfers in the world, after the U.S., by 2005. Such a frenetic buildup would delight most governments. It terrifies Beijing's officials, who fear the Net will vaporize their power over the masses. "It is not like anything they have ever experienced before," says Ding...
...years of marriage were consumed by her husband's naval career, yet McCain looks back at her time as a service wife with delight, though the pay was dismal and her husband was gone for long stretches. When he was home, Jack was a tireless workaholic. "You know you're proud of your husband," she says. "If you chose the Navy, you do what it requires. A lot of wives didn't like that, and thankfully they left...