Word: cult
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even before Argentine President-designate Reynaldo Bignone announced that banned political parties could resume their activities this week, the most powerful mass movement in modern Argentine history was once again stirring. Peronism, a cult of nationalism, populism and social welfare fostered by the late Juan Domingo Perón, has been a force in Argentina since the mid-1940s. Twice, from 1946 to 1955 and briefly in 1973 and 1974, its founder held power. Twice also, according to the movement's critics, Peronism brought Argentina to the brink of ruin. Yet so strong is the creed's appeal...
...Duarte, who was soon to become his second wife, helped to organize mass demonstrations on his behalf. Elected President a few months later, Perón began building what he called the "third position" between capitalism and Communism, while Evita, until her death in 1952, built a Peronist personality cult among the masses...
...Spiegel. "Oh no, I don't sing of revolution . . . 'But what can a poor boy do, except sing in a rock and roll band'--what else can I do besides sing? The song itself is the only thing that has to do with street fighting." As for the growing cult which bowed to the Stones as the high priests of rock satanism a la "Sympathy for the Devil," well, the Stones didn't really take responsibility for that either. "All this stuff about my leading and perverting them," complained Jagger," . . . we just sort of went along together, didn...
Moyers, given unprecedented leeway at CBS, is a different matter. Bright, ambitious and articulate, he set out to be a Baptist preacher, became Lyndon Johnson's press secretary, and has built up a considerable television following, almost a cult, for his documentaries. At 47, he is on the way to becoming a formidable asset for CBS, but riskily so in ways that he and CBS may not realize. His documentary 3½ weeks ago, on Reagan's poverty victims, was powerful stuff and drew a Reagan demand for a half-hour reply. CBS refused. Critics have sought...
...hero's traditional nemesis Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones) is now guilty not just of killing Conan's parents and selling the boy into slavery, but of running a drug and snake cult for hippies. (At last we know where to locate Conan in time; this is the Stoned Age.) Seeking vengeance, Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) becomes, incidentally, the world's first deprogrammer. This among other muscle-bound links to contemporary life is definitely intentional. What is not is the flatness of Schwarzenegger's performance, the dullness of his odyssey. Instead of the giddy lift one sometimes...