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...DOES ONE INDUCE THE MESSIAH TO SURRENDER to an unbelieving world he just knows is likely to clap him in jail for life? Federal authorities besieging the compound of the Branch Davidian cult outside Waco, Texas, have found no answers. After the Feb. 28 shoot-out that led to perhaps 14 deaths, the feds are loath to rush the cult's heavily armed compound again. Interminable telephone talks with cult leader David Koresh have got nowhere. Koresh did let Kathryn Schroeder, whose husband died in the shoot-out, and an adult man, the first to be let go, come...
Strange tales filtered out of the 78-acre compound of the Branch Davidian cult near Waco, Texas, but reports of possible mass suicide spurred a surprise assault on Sunday by the Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Prepared, cult members killed four feds and wounded 16. During the ensuing week of siege, leader David Koresh got radio time but reneged on his promise to surrender afterward. Of 140 in the compound, he allowed 23 to leave; they had reportedly seen 10 dead inside. ATF and FBI agents prepared for a long stakeout: the Davidians are said...
...Crimson looked like it might pull off an upset of Davidian significance. Harvard got the ball on its own 27 with just 3:40 remaining. All it had to do was drive 73 yards for the winning score...