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The Private Thoughts of a TV Anchor as He Observes the Iranian Election

What's in a name?

Calvin Trillin

June 17, 2009

A president like Moussavi Would fill me to the brim with glee: For anchors not completely lame, It’s easy to pronounce his name. But this was not to be. Oh, God– I’m stuck with Ahmadinejad.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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