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...shapeless coats, the sort of uniform we had discarded in the late '90s. The crackdown had everyone on edge, in part because it was so inexplicable. Many women avoided going out in public unless it was necessary. Even the pious considered the new mood egregious. As a friend of mine who wears the black chador out of conviction put it, "This is a mockery to focus on dress when our country has so many more urgent problems...
...produce seller, a mellow, religious old man not prone to talk of politics, could not control his fury at Ahmadinejad. "He's ruined this country," he said, storming around a stand of figs and mulberries. "Why doesn't someone stop him?" I was reminded of something an acquaintance of mine, a close relative of Ahmadinejad's, once said. "Tehran is like a warehouse of cotton," he told me. "One spark, and the whole place will burn." Suddenly the disturbing prospects of Iran's uncertain place in the world ceased to be an abstraction and became a reality disrupting our daily...
Love has been a fascination of mine since I was old enough to have an idea what it's about. It's a shame that the movie people are having a hard time selling love. It's ridiculous that they can't think of good stories. Stop the first 10 people on the street, and I guarantee they will each tell a fresh, interesting love story. Heck, I have one, and I'm only 19! Instead of moviemakers complaining that no one believes the sex and kisses they are dishing out, they should start with something real and place...
...Republic - is universal national service. No, not mandatory or compulsory service but service that is in our enlightened self-interest as a nation. We are at a historic junction; with the first open presidential election in more than a half-century, it is time for the next President to mine the desire that is out there for serving and create a program for universal national service that will be his - or her - legacy for decades to come. It is the simple but compelling idea that devoting a year or more to national service, whether military or civilian, should become...
...chapter. After her biopsy results came back, she writes, she burst into tears "from panic at the thought that this cancer might take him out of the race. It might have seemed odd to someone who had not spent years in this fight, but this was his life and mine...