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...Benson was hired as the new head coach of the team prior to this season, replacing Andy Freed '90. Benson was a four-year player for Harvard in the mid-80's known for his pool play and leadership qualities. He was the team's MVP his junior and senior years, attaining all-East status both years...
Governorships, which used to go for a mere million or so, also appear to have appreciated in value. Colorado's oil magnate Bruce Benson, the favored Republican nominee for the statehouse, anticipates a possible $6 million general campaign. Benson has a nest egg of $50 million to $100 million to draw from, but he hopes to rely mostly on donated money...
Some rich candidates, mindful of appearing immodest or undemocratic, claim to be using their personal funds mostly as a start-up or back-up resource. Castro, Fisher and several other primary victors say they will finance the later stages of their campaigns through fund-raising efforts. Colorado's Benson claims to be using his own funds largely as seed money: "I've got to have $100,000 of my own," he says, "before I can ask people...
Some time during the Benson presidency, the secret "Strengthening Church Members Committee" was created to monitor doctrinally troublesome writings and beliefs. Old-style polygamists have suffered as much as liberal Mormons from excommunication. Says Jan Shipps, a religious historian at Indiana University-Purdue University: "It's the steering of a middle course." That strict patrolling of dissent is likely to continue under the new leadership; it may even deepen. Next in the line of succession after Hunter are Benson's chief counselors, Gordon B. Hinckley, who will turn 84 this month, and Thomas Monson, 66. After them may come Boyd...