Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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JOAQUÍN RUIZ GIMÉNEZ, 62, a law professor and a former reformist Minister of Education in the 1950s who now heads the still illegal Christian Democratic Party and, despite his relative conservatism, is respected and trusted by the entire democratic opposition and the Spanish Communist Party (P.C.E...
...tried to cope with hordes of snakes and scorpions. Although there was sufficient rice, there was little else to eat, and most of the prisoners lost 20 Ibs. or more; eight of the 14 contracted malaria. "Our captors were very edgy," recalls Mrs. Lillian Phillips, a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance who was captured along with her husband Richard. "But there was no brutality, no harsh treatment...
...rank? Had the U.S. financed their work in Southeast Asia? Until the very end, the North Vietnamese seemed determined to prove that the missionaries were in the pay of the Central Intelligence Agency. At times the prisoners managed to turn the tables on their interrogators. Mrs. Betty Mitchell, a Christian Missionary Alliance member who had worked in the Ban Me Thuot area for nearly two decades, told the camp commandant: "One day you are going to meet your maker and you will have to answer...
...branches and affiliates. The cult grows steadily and currently claims 30,000 members, 7,000 of whom live in Moon communities. All believe that a "Lord of the Second Advent" (Moon, though this is not stated publicly) will redeem mankind physically by fathering a perfect family. A blend of Christian terminology, occultism and dualism is taught in Moon's scripture, The Divine Principle...
...months, many Moon disputes have flared up. The Unification Church is in court to regain a tax exemption for an estate in the town of Greenburgh, N.Y., where it has purchased $9 million worth of properties since 1972. In New York City the church, which regards itself as a Christian sect, is suing for the right to join the local council of churches after becoming the first applicant ever rejected by the council. With criticism...