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...unfortunate that Iranians used to be Zoroastrians, or that the ancient Persian empire achieved its greatest triumphs before Islam's arrival. To that end, they compiled a long list of forbidden names that included Zoroastrians gods and goddesses, commanders of ancient Persian armies, and other such tainted, best-forgotten figures. You were free to call your eight children (the government was also promoting massive procreation to fuel the Islamic Revolution) by Ali, Hossein, Zahra, and the like. Indeed, Arabic names, except for a handful of Sunni villains, were fine. Persian ones, despite originating from the language actually spoken in Iran...
Many of the summer’s literary offerings were soon forgotten. Only five books remained among the top 15 New York Times bestselling non-fiction hardcovers as of this week. Novels apparently fared worse than non-fiction works, with only three novels older than a month making the Times’ companion list...
...Sciences, said Bhopal, where she has relatives, is still severely polluted from the spill of heavier-than-air toxic gas. “This resolution will be much needed support for the disaster’s survivors,” she said. “They have not been forgotten.” —Staff writer Virginia A. Fisher can be reached at vafisher@fas.harvard.edu...
With its assortments of all-but-forgotten childhood treats from the 1950s and '60s like pumpkin seeds, licorice pipes, candy necklaces, Necco Wafers and Boston Baked Beans, Groovy Candies is one of several nostalgia candy sellers that are unabashedly hawking such Proustian moments. Sales are booming: Groovy Candies' have risen from $50,000 to $3 million since the company was started in 1998. And it's not just candy. With the power of the Internet, other purveyors of childhood memories are resurrecting '50s-era toys and games, including wooden alphabet blocks with old-fashioned lettering and Fisher-Price Snoopy pull...
...have the U.N. delegates forgotten that the same hopeful new Middle East of which President Bush spoke was the reason offered by his Administration for refusing, for weeks, to call a halt to the Israeli military actions against Hizballah in Lebanon which destroyed much of Lebanon's infrastructure. The military campaign was necessary, U.S. officials said, to help rid Lebanon of Hizballah's independent armed capability - even though the elected, moderate government of Lebanon, on which Bush heaped praise during his U.N. speech, was among those pleading with the U.S. call an immediate cease-fire...