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Four and a half years after the end of Iran's disastrous war with Iraq, nearly four years after Ayatullah Khomeini's death, a happier national spirit is struggling to emerge. The problem for outsiders is to square what sometimes appears to be a Persian lamb with a notably lion-like personality. The superficial prosperity of Tehran is illusory. Because of war and runaway population growth -- estimated at 3.6% a year, though that may be declining -- per capita economic output has shrunk about 40% since 1979. Many factories are running at only 40% to 50% of capacity...
Mary remembers thinking, "She's got to be happier, wherever she's going...
...attempt to outdistance this grim stalker. It's an incautious conceit, and some of its effectiveness may derive from the recent, equally sudden, equally premature death of Lee's son Brandon on a film set. One begins to think that perhaps the family actually is haunted. But even in happier circumstances, one could succumb to the charged-up romanticism of this dippy, entrancing movie...
NOTEBOOK: On a happier note, junior Dave Morgan won the 1993 Charles H. Blair Bat, an award that is given to the player with the highest batting average in the Ivy League...
Frasier (reading a goodbye letter from Lilith): "Dear Frasier: Life in the Eco Pod is wonderful. Gogie and I are happier than we've ever been. Please start divorce proceedings. Our marriage is . . ." (He is overcome...