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Clark's three-year stint away from Harvard would be his last. A Mormon, he spent the first two years as a missionary in Germany. Returning to the U.S., he headed not for the Yard, but for Brigham Young University, which is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints...
...very involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and served as a bishop, the lay spiritual leader of a congregation, in Cambridge...
...Corcovado is Cristo Redentor, the huge statue of Christ with his arms stretched out that's become a symbol of Rio. It was completed in 1931, stands 100 feet tall and weighs 1,145 tons. In the base of the statue is a small chapel with a few wooden seats, a red carpet, and a marble altar with purple flowers set in vases on top. Visitors throw bills and coins on the carpet and say prayers...
...also notice on the wall of the base of the statue a small plaque announcing that GE provides the lighting to light up Christ. I assume the plaque is referring to the statue and not the real guy. It would be a bit of a theological disappointment if the Star of Bethlehem turned out to be some sort of product placement thing...
...Just then, a huge thunderbolt strikes the mountain right near Christ's statue. Maybe God is a Papa Roach fan and didn't like my sarcasm. I suddenly realize that I'm standing on top of a mountain in a thunderstorm and my only transportation down is in a steel cable car held up by steel cables. I try to keep my eyes on Cristo Redentor the whole way down...