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...gain preferential freight rates, secretly owned rivals, bribed state legislators and engaged in industrial espionage. From Cleveland, he rolled up one refining center after another until his control was absolute. He was still in his 30s, the boy wonder of American business. At the same time, he was a devout Baptist with a ministerial air, who professed to have no less a business expert than the Lord on his side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blessed Barons | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...conservative movement (let's call them Neo-Conmen for short) has made gays its scapegoat: Andrew Sullivan, a devout Catholic and old-fashioned Republican who is also gay, wrote a good article about these neo-conmen and their witch-hunting in last week's Sunday Times Magazine...

Author: By James R. Russell, | Title: No Resurrection This Time | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...sale marked the end of one of the most colorful and controversial stewardships of a pizza company--or for that matter any other type of business. Monaghan, a devout Roman Catholic and an antiabortion crusader, has for years been drifting away from Domino's, which he founded with his brother in 1960, toward charitable pursuits at home and in foreign countries. He has opened a mission in Honduras and supervised construction of a cathedral in Nicaragua. More recently Monaghan has bankrolled Catholic elementary schools in Ann Arbor, Mich., and a Catholic liberal arts college in nearby Ypsilanti. "He loves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Pizza, Pride and Piety | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...more trouble adjusting to the success of home schooling than home schoolers. The movement's founders were devout Evangelicals trying to insulate their children from what they believed was a morally depraved culture. Wichita's original home schoolers were often members of the militant antiabortion group Operation Rescue, which had a strong presence in the city. But as home schooling infiltrates the wider culture, the wider culture is starting to infiltrate home schooling. Many of the newest home schoolers are not religious. And home schooling, with its low cost, is attracting growing numbers of children who have been expelled from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home (School) Improvement | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Although the most devout players often appear to be picky about who they accept as their playing neighbors, it is only because they are Bingo purists. It was only a few years ago that armed gunmen burst into the Parish cafeteria, taking all the money and a myriad of jewelry (albeit mostly costume) from the contestants. No matter to these die-hards, though, because the game--with its weekly gossip, gregarious interaction and small bundle of change for all--must...

Author: By Ariel B. Osceola, | Title: for the moment | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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