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A Welcome Break From Movie Mayhem
When I saw “Argo” a few months ago, I was struck by a line at the beginning. It’s 1979, and there’s a mob outside the fences of the US Embassy in Teheran. They’re shouting at the building, and rattling the … Continue reading
