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Yup. He was, to me, mysterious like Rush Limbaugh only I was much younger then. He appeared in that famous Louis Nizer book, being sued by a great, innocent guy for defamation. Asking my father about him on the phone-- so appalled-- he broke in with that statement. I doubt if he cared one way or the other, now I think about it.

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My father told me we wanted somebody reliable-- I mean reliably compliant with us-- bc of the Russians and we overthrew him and he was moderate. Maybe he said that because he was between those two groups. Of course when I say he was elected I didn't mean it was a situation like the US. But it was an election-- they overthrew him? I thought the modernization the fundamentalists hated so much came about during the Shah. I thought my father was never wrong since he spent so much time reading a million books. That Shah what a weenie-- how he ran away. What a fool and what a monster. I'd rather be plagued by problems and look like an angry sofa any day than give a huge party for rich freaks in the desert and dress up my ugly face and frown importantly. Surely it's us who installed him?Is my memory correct that Aristotle Onassis offered to trade places with him, to solve the hostage situation?

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