Word: commune
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...income. One of the dealers was Charles St. Denis, who, the authors say, was killed for, among other things, withholding money from Kirtanananda. The guru has repeatedly denied involvement in either the dope business or the homicides. A New Vrindaban fringe member named Dan Reid (Daruka) and a commune enforcer, Thomas Drescher (Tirtha), are currently serving prison sentences in West Virginia for the St. Denis murder. Drescher is also awaiting a California trial for the execution of a devotee who was trying to get Kirtanananda thrown out of the movement. Kirtanananda was eventually expelled, although he remains at the head...
Politics Lite -- or how the presidential campaign has turned into stylized images masquerading as sincere efforts to commune with the people. -- An antidrug bill so tough it may be unconstitutional. -- With the earth drowning in man-made wastes, Dukakis and Bush are forced to face environmental issues...
Chinese agriculture has benefited dramatically from ten years of Leader Deng Xiaoping's "modernization" program. Beijing has abolished the commune system in favor of individual and family farming, and has introduced incentives for high productivity as well as a limited but thriving free market for produce. By contrast, Soviet agriculture is still mostly collectivized, centrally planned and inefficient. It is one sector of Soviet life largely untouched by Gorbachev's perestroika (restructuring...
...depicts the rebellion of a middle-aged New England WASP. Forty-two-year-old Sarah Worth abandons her tidy life as a doctor's wife in Boston to embark on a journey to Arizona to live in a Buddhist commune. Her house wife's adventure into a yoga class, initially for exercise and recreation, has introduced her to the teachings of Ahrat, a spiritual leader modeled after the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh...
Though Israel and Jordan are still technically at war, the border has been peaceful for years. Chantal sees Arabs only when she visits Jerusalem, an hour's drive southwest. As a result, despite Gilgal's harsh desert climate, this self-contained commune continues to attract young families like the Cohens. Indeed, many of the amenities of city life -- color television, air conditioning -- are starting to find their way to the kibbutz. When asked how they would feel if, as part of a peace agreement with Jordan, they were forced to leave the place, the couple look bewildered...