Word: apocalypticism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Raymond Belknap, 18, was excited about the Christmas present he was giving his best friend, James Vance, 20: a heavy-metal rock record by the British band Judas Priest. For five hours the young men listened to the raucous, apocalyptic throb of the music while they smoked marijuana and split...
Massive retaliation has always seemed unreal, if not immoral. Now, as the cold war wanes and George Bush joins other NATO leaders in trying to reassure the Soviet Union of the U.S.'s peaceful intentions, critics point out that it is also profoundly dangerous. Veteran arms negotiator Paul Nitze says...
But at the last minute Roberts was shut out by a federal bankruptcy judge in Columbia, S.C. The judge instead approved a surprise bid of $7 million from another faith-healing charismatic, San Diego-based Morris Cerullo. The purchase brings new U.S. visibility to Cerullo, 58, who is far better...
The charismatic Guru Ma drew thousands of believers to a Montana valley to prepare shelters for apocalyptic nuclear dangers, particularly on April 23. If you've read this far, she was wrong.
Yet for all of his apocalyptic outrage, Malan succeeds by making the same leap of faith as his colleagues: he too believes that South Africa is capable of change. Thus far the evidence supports them. Only a few years ago, the government in Pretoria vowed to hold the racial line...