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...proclaimed Snowmobile Week in the state, but the races at Traverse City had to be canceled: 20-ft. drifts covered the track. Other forms of transportation in the region did no better. Dozens of airports were closed, including those in Indianapolis, Columbus and Detroit. Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the world's busiest, shut down for only the fourth time in its 23-year history...
Glib cynicism often greets attacks on existing society, yet the outbursts against members of groups like Hare Krishna are generally hysterical. Perhaps the contrast can be explained by the uneasiness--sometimes terror--people have felt since before the time of Socrates when faced with something they do not understand. Thus, a financier may quite coldly denounce a Marxist critique of the capitalist system, but when he is told that his son or daughter has joined a mystical Oriental sect he goes frantic trying to combat a system that baffles...
...common sight on the streets of American cities. But at this time of year, some members of the sect exchange their saffron robes for red suits and white whiskers and begin chanting a Western mantra: "Ho, ho, ho." Santa Claus may not be a Hindu deity, but the Hare Krishna people have discovered that he has a divine power to attract charitable donations...
Christian charities consider the Hare Santas to be a pain in the collection plate. Don Schwartz, Manhattan-based operations director for the Volunteers of America, complains that they often crowd his own Kris Kringles off the streets. In Kansas City, Mo., assault charges are pending against a Hare Santa who allegedly struck a Salvation Army bell ringer to make her move from a choice location. In Chicago, police arrested six Krishna Kringles for soliciting funds under false pretenses, then released them but ordered them to doff their Santa outfits. Nonetheless, the organization has no intention of changing its methods, pointing...
...feed children reindeer meat," one of a pair of Hare Krishna monks said yesterday as he walked through Harvard and Central Squares handing out pamphlets and candy and asking for money...