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...year was 1847, and the girl was Ellen Gould White, who was to become the leader of a new sect, the Seventh-day Adventists. A follower of Baptist Preacher William Miller, she had been one of thousands of Americans who waited in homes and churches on Oct. 22, 1844, convinced that Christ's Second Coming would occur that very day. When by midnight nothing had happened, many of the Millerites lost faith. They called the non-event "the Great Disappointment." But some still believed that Christ's Second Advent was imminent. Among them was Ellen White, whose conviction...
...Ellen White is far less well known today than her contemporary Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. But the Adventists-who still expect the Second Coming to occur shortly-have grown into a remarkable denomination, with 2.5 million members in 185 countries, including 480,000 in the U.S. On average, Adventists contribute more to their church ($486 a year per capita) than do members of any other U.S. denomination. Worldwide, they operate an extensive system of 4,218 schools and 421 medical institutions...
Before delegations switched their votes and Carter was declared the convention's nominee by acclamation, he had rolled up 2,238½ votes to 329½ for Udall, 300½ for Brown, 57 for Wallace and 22 for Anti-Abortionist Ellen Mc-Cormack.* There were few surprises in the preordained voting result-and, thus, no great display of emotion...
...points of interest-and then wind up by asking them to vote for her husband for Vice President of the U.S. Joan Mondale, 45, the Senator's quick-witted and sturdily self-possessed wife, works regularly for Washington Whirl-Around, a visitors' service operated by her friend Ellen Proxmire, wife of the Wisconsin Senator. "It's so much fun," says Mrs. Mondale. "They're all strangers I'm talking to, and that's what I've been doing all my political life. I am really prepared for this...
...Travolta family. John's mother, Helen Burke, an actress in Englewood, N.J., urged all her six children to take part in local theater. As the baby of the family, John had many acts to follow. At age seven, he flew around the country with his sister Ellen in a road show of Gypsy and at twelve acted in his first amateur production. Recalls Travolta: "That world of airplanes and theaters seemed my only route to freedom." At 16, he quit school and began working in dinner theaters and summer stock. Looking back now he muses...