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...DOES ONE INDUCE THE MESSIAH TO SURRENDER to an unbelieving world he just knows is likely to clap him in jail for life? Federal authorities besieging the compound of the Branch Davidian cult outside Waco, Texas, have found no answers. After the Feb. 28 shoot-out that led to perhaps 14 deaths, the feds are loath to rush the cult's heavily armed compound again. Interminable telephone talks with cult leader David Koresh have got nowhere. Koresh did let Kathryn Schroeder, whose husband died in the shoot-out, and an adult man, the first to be let go, come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Besieging The Messiah | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

They were free to gamble the chips at games operated by student croupiers, including Blackjack, Clap's Rouet, poker and The Wheel of Fortune. A caricature artist, a D.J. and Bonaparte the Magician also entertained the "gamblers...

Author: By Brigette M. Roberts, | Title: U.C. Lucky Night' Draws 150 | 2/16/1993 | See Source »

Cabranes-Grant's direction also improves in Playing with Fire. There is more movement--and more of the movement makes sense--in the second one-act. One pleasantly irreverent decision is to have the characters clap following each other's more intense conversations...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paying Dues To See a Good Play | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

...blacks and gays, as well as good ole boys and businessmen, on a daily basis with mutual respect. And unlike any other prominent Democrat since Jimmy Carter, he is not tone deaf to the religious chords that can help bind American society. Not only does he know how to clap on the back-beat of gospel hymns, he also draws unabashed strength from his Baptist upbringing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time for Courage | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

Poppy will bring up marijuana, draft-dodging and the KGB. Elvis will try to rise above it all. Big Ears will say that's what's wrong with politics today. The audience will clap politely...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Open Your Briefing Books... | 10/10/1992 | See Source »

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