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...revolution, which at the outset had no visible leaders. But even in exile the Ayatullah was well known inside Iran for his uncompromising insistence that the Shah must go. When demonstrators began waving the Ayatullah's picture, the frightened Shah pressured Iraq to boot Khomeini out. It was a fatal blunder; in October 1978 the Ayatullah settled in Neauphle-le-Château, outside Paris, where he gathered a circle of exiles and for the first time publicized his views through the Western press...
...other spy novel these might be fatal lapses. But Le Carre is not any other spy novelist. Throughout, he is aware not only of the moral squalor that can attend espionage - but also of Auden's ironic observation: "We are left alone with our day, and the tune is short and/ History to the defeated/ May say Alas but cannot help or pardon...
...Storm Troopers. The two flee but are subsequently captured. The Nazi goons begin beating Rudy viciously and order Max to do the same. He begins in utter dismay, recognizes what he has been degraded to, and in an orgy of self-loathing deals his lover the final fatal blow. To amuse themselves further, the guards then order Max to undergo an appalling sexual test. He passes. The guards thought, as he tells Horst, " 'He's a bit bent.' They said, 'He can't' ... but I did." For his reward, Max is permitted to wear...
Judge James P. McGuire of Suffolk Country Superior Court yesterday sentenced Leon J. Easterling to 18-20 years in the Massachusetts State Penitentiary at Walpole for the 1976 fatal stabbing of Andrew P. Puopolo...
...Fatal Shot...