Word: cult
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...Suede's career and music are typically British. When the first album hit British audiences in 1993, critics compared lead singer Anderson's sound to Morrissey and the Smiths, predicting that when the band's dark melodies traversed the Atlantic, the group would top the charts. Despite the almost cult-like devotion that the band has inspired in a limited number of American fans, a year later the group's popularity is still out to sea, bobbing around with countless other British pop upstarts that never quite make the boat...
...Church has been accused of being a 'cult' in the past by local religious leaders and by Harvard proctors...
First-year students looking for friends areespecially susceptible to cult-like groups, Bauersays. "Freshmen are very vulnerable, most of themhave not heard or have not been warned aboutcult-like groups," Bauer says. "When you're afreshman, you're lonely and looking to connect...
David Shane Shelby, 29, was arrested in Ogden, Utah, as he tried to mail a package containing a bomb to President Clinton, and another with a pistol to cult murderer Charles Manson. Authorities had issued a warrant for Shelby's arrest after he allegedly sent President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore letters on Dec. 7 threatening to kill them. The bomb intended for Clinton contained a light bulb filled with explosives, designed to go off when it was used, The Salt Lake Tribune reported, citing an anonymous police officer.In a second incident, police wrestled down William C. Phillips, also...
Among La Gran Scena's most vociferous fans are some of the most formidable names in opera, including the Met's artistic director, James Levine, and divas Leontyne Price and Joan Sutherland. In recent seasons the troupe has traveled well beyond its initial cult status, playing such venues as Washington's Kennedy Center and the Edinburgh Festival...