Word: cult
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Japanese police have found evidence of sarin nerve gas at a building owned by thereligious cult suspected in the Mar. 20 Tokyo subway attacksthat killed 11 people and injured about 5,000 others, according to media reports. A chemical called methylphosphon acid monoisopropyl, which can only be created when sarin decomposes, was found in a laboratory that belongs to the Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) sect on Friday, NHK television and the Yomiuri newspaper said. Though police have so far found chemical stockpiles that include all the ingredients of sarin, sophisticated laboratory equipment, secret plants and documents, they have...
...DEEMED a "cult figure" might seem unusual for a resident tutor at Harvard. However, in various houses around campus dwell several tutors who, perhaps unintentionally, have created a cult following among their students...
Through film festivals, frisbee games, and dining hall banter, students have been drawn to these tutors who have gained cult status by being approachable, personable, and interested in their students. Ironically, aloof professors who place themselves on a pedestal are not the ones who become revered by students...
...have used Fed Ex. If, for some reason, you get this week's FM and you're still alive, here's my advice: first, eat the pigeon-you must be hungry; second, save yourself and join the Boston Church of Christ like they've asked-it's not a cult, really...
...Tank Girl" is brill. Based on a witty, Brit-y, cool cult comic book, this live-action movie introduces a heroine who could erase bunny bimbo, Jessica Rabbit, with one irreverent stomp of her oversized MC boot. Tank Girl could be the product of a rather revolting orgy involving Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Madonna, and Courtney Love. She's the baby that could be born if Thelma impregnated Louise with a turkey baster. But at the bottom of her cliff, this girl's driving off in her tank, swigging from a Forty and laughing out loud...