Word: brainwashing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
...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...
...women reported that they had been well treated, and they appeared to be in good physical condition. But Duarte charged that the guerrillas had attempted to brainwash his daughter. "They tried to destroy the link between her and me," the President said. "But they did not succeed." Nevertheless, it is evident that the time in captivity has deeply scarred Duarte Duran. An energetic mother of three, she ably assisted her father in his 1984 presidential campaign. Visitors last week found her hesitant and withdrawn, sometimes clinging to her father in an almost childlike fashion. "Her mood + goes up and down...
Calling these constructive thinkers "anti-liberals" requires the self-absorbtion of a thorough ideological brainwash. A real intellect can appreciate (or at least recognize) a complexity of an opponent's argument and can accept the simple assertions...
When Ronald Reagan charged the N.E.A. with trying to "brainwash" American students, he was referring to two of its curriculum guides for teachers. One, dealing with the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, states: "It is important to remember that the Klan is only the tip of the iceberg, the most visible and obvious manifestation of the entrenched racism in our society." The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, as well as the Administration and the A.F.T., have publicly challenged this blanket indictment of U.S. society...