I wonder what they make of the "n-word" affair in Detroit?
McLellan's expansion on the subject is to envision (her word) an affair between Garbo, 19 and still a bit of "a bumpkin beauty," and Dietrich, 23 and already known as a sexual athlete, that Garbo found so hurtful that it "quite clearly lay at the root of Garbo's lifelong obsession with privacy".
In their present circle of friends, the main gossip was of health and death, whereas once the telephone wires had buzzed with word of affairs and divorces.
His words were widely seen as the latest blow in a battle that began in April when Mr. Ahmadinejad crossed a line by openly feuding with Ayatollah Khamenei — who has the final word in affairs of state — over cabinet appointments.
Complaining that the increasingly open public fights between the executive branch of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and high-ranking officials in the legislative and judicial branches were providing ammunition to "foreign media and enemies," the ayatollah, who has the last word on affairs of state in Iran, set the clearest red line ever to those running the country's day-to-day matters.
The power struggle between Mr. Ahmadinejad and religious conservatives became clear in April when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader who has the last word on affairs of state in Iran, embarrassed Mr. Ahmadinejad by reinstating the intelligence minister, whom the president had dismissed.
The remarks by Ayatollah Khamenei, who has the final word on affairs of state, appeared to reinforce his policy of absolute defiance in the face of Western pressure, and offered a hint that some officials in Iran are ambivalent about that strategy.
It's one of the city's liveliest and most provocative events, a loud and word-filled affair that flies in the face of our increasingly text-heavy, Twitter and emoji-filled world.
In his present circle, the main gossip was of health and death, whereas once the telephone wires had buzzed with words of affairs and divorces.
In other words, domestic affairs are now fair game for foreign interference; indeed, for the post-moderns, the distinction between domestic and foreign affairs is fast disappearing.One thing that is not changing is national borders, but that is because in a trans-national system borders no longer mean much.
