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...Brainwash those little rascals who supposedly belong to your house tutors. They have two legs, they can run some of your brands. Got any dirty laundry? Want your mail? Breakfast in bed? Just think of the possibilities. And you can probably get it all for the price of a couple of soggy cookies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BANGING YOUR BUCK | 9/24/1994 | See Source »

...familial childhood abuse sound fanciful, the recollections of satanic-ritual abuse are downright bizarre. These tales have proliferated since the publication in 1980 of Michelle Remembers, a book about a belatedly aware satanic-ritual victim. They describe a massive secret conspiracy to abuse children sexually in order to brainwash them into worshipping Satan. Victims recall being raped by their parents and then by members of a cult who drink blood and sacrifice fetuses. More often than not the abusers are pillars of their communities -- the mayor, police chief or school superintendent -- who come out at night and join their parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Repressed-Memory Therapy: Lies of the Mind | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...Evil scientists try to brainwash a cheerful young man who simply wants a Coke, chanting in unison, "All colas are the same, all colas are the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Hollywood Rocks Madison Avenue | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

...denominations have consciously decided to send more cash and fewer people. "American missionaries overseas cost a lot of money," he explains, and it is "far better" to send support to workers in indigenous churches. Cogswell also stresses that quality is more important than quantity, charging that the conservatives often "brainwash" people with a "very American interpretation" of the Gospel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Protestantism's Foreign Legion | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...various times, however, the terrorists were given to small acts of kindness. They found Jenco a Bible and rosary as well as a crucifix and did not interfere with the hostages' prayers. They never beat Jenco or attempted to brainwash him. Occasionally the hostages were even able to laugh with their captors. Once, when one of them asked, "Is there anything you would like, Father?" the priest replied, "A taxicab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East End of a Priest's Ordeal | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

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