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Dates: during 1990-1999
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He whom the gods would humble they first make the center of a global advertising campaign. Beyond Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela, few humans have recently come closer to sainthood-by-acclaim than the Dalai Lama. Revered as a Buddha of compassion by his followers, Tibet's political and religious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monks vs. Monks | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

Why the Dalai Lama cooled toward Shugden is debated. Some cite the influence of the state oracle, a deity who speaks to Tibetan leaders through a monk in a trance state. Less exotically, the Shugdenites' purism hinders the High Lama's attempts to unify the Tibetan diaspora by reducing differences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monks vs. Monks | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

How could I? I wrote against sacred cows, such as the cult of diversity, affirmative action, conspicuous compassion and radical participatory democracy. I wrote in favor of taboo notions, such as a Promise Keepers, student apathy, honor and (most unforgivably) conservativism. Moreover, I wrote these things in the flagship publication...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Coda | 5/6/1998 | See Source »

Emily's study had several crucial misinterpretations and misrepresentations of the therapeutic-touch process. The number of people tested was inadequate. Underlying the study is a gross misunderstanding of TT. It is not done with only the hands; it is an interiorized process called into being by compassion for someone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 4, 1998 | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

I admit that these murders were heinous. The excuses the children gave for their behavior show an utter lack of sensitivity and compassion. The two Arkansas boy were angry because some girls in their class didn't want to go out with them, and Wurst claimed he just wanted to...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, | Title: Complicit In Crime | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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