Word: christian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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United, but not necessarily unanimous. There were scattered calls for an examination of the Emperor's responsibility for World War II and complaints of undue reverence in reporting his current illness. Said Norikatsu Sasagawa, 48, professor of law at the International Christian University: "The Emperor's health has been treated like a classified military secret. The current jishuku is just too much." Leftist radicals showed their disgruntlement by setting two tiny bombs at subway stations only a few blocks away from the moated palace where Hirohito lay ill, and spraying red paint near the entrance to the tumulus...
...Orthodox Jewish entrepreneur buys the theme park and TV empire from which Jim and Tammy Bakker once transmitted their high- energy evangelistic appeals. But will Christian tourists ever return...
...American reformist Christian sect, the Mormon Church bases much of its teaching on an additional gospel called the Book of Mormon. Converting others to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is an important part of the religion...
Speaking at Harvard Hillel to a crowd of 250, he said the American press showed an intense fascination with Israel throughout the 1960s and 70s, and usually slanted its coverage in the nation's favor. He said the American media's "obsession" with Israel is primarily rooted in Christian ideology and Israel's unique position in the Middle East as a Western-style democracy...
...country delivered its mandate...[and is] on the way to a transition to an authentic democracy," Patricio Aylwin, president of the centrist Christian Democratic Party and leader of a 16-party opposition coalition, told cheering supporters...