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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Volcker has yet to convert some of his public enemies, like the followers of leftist Lyndon LaRouche. Several weeks ago, while Volcker was addressing a gathering in Seattle, one of his detractors released a sack of live rats in the auditorium, temporarily disrupting his speech...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Paul A. Volcker: America's Money Man | 6/6/1985 | See Source »

...official Church News of Salt Lake City published the letter last month. It was written by Martin Harris, a farmer who lived near Palmyra, N.Y. Harris was Smith's first convert outside the prophet's family. Addressed to a Canandaigua, N.Y., newspaper editor who later joined the sect, the document describes a version of the foundations of Mormonism that differs markedly from the official account written by Smith in 1838. The letter, discovered in 1983 | and donated to the church last month by a Utah businessman, depicts Smith as a man influenced by folk magic and occultism. This appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Challenging Mormonism's Roots | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

...failed to achieve complete salvation for humanity and that a Korean messiah will appear in this century. Hundreds of parents have charged that their brainwashed children often ended up on the streets selling flowers for Moon while he lived in luxury at a 25-room estate. Mose Durst, a convert from Judaism who is president of the Unification Church of America, candidly admits that "the image of us is that we have four-year-olds locked in iceboxes in the basement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sun Myung Moon's Goodwill Blitz | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...make do with what they have. We find Roger consucting military exercises and falling into the duck pond. Roger patrolling the yard falling into the duck pond, Roger ezperimenting with do-it-yourself bean can bombs and falling into the duck pond. One of their better ideas is to convert a microwave oven into a missile deflector. Unfortunately, this piece of genius is ultimately stymied by Roger's lack of techincal expertise...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Defending the Hearth | 4/17/1985 | See Source »

Members of the Historical Commission got the message last Thursday Harvard has decided to put its full weight behind a plan to convert turn of the-century property at 8 and 10 Mt Auburn St. into retail space and affiliate housing...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Harvard Fights for Demo Permit | 4/9/1985 | See Source »

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