Word: hubbardism
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...years ago by college art history classes. Alaska, not a required course, is an agreeable extra. For Bill and Joan Armstrong of Philadelphia, who had seen Westminster Abbey and the Swiss Alps, the ship itself was an attraction. Gliding by at 20 knots, the view is astonishing: the vast Hubbard and Columbia glaciers tumbling into the ocean, the green islands of the Inside Passage, the jagged, snowblown Chugach mountain range. Landfalls are on a different scale. Skagway is a small, ramshackle old gold-rush boomtown made cheerful and shiny for tourists. Juneau, a brisk, up- all-night little city...
...think he would be happy considering himself the new L. Ron Hubbard [founder of Scientology...
...Laughs.] I don't think anyone would like to be called the new L. Ron Hubbard. I don't know if Lucas even knows about it, to be honest with you. I'm sure he will after this...
...begun to expand to include newer religions looking for recruits. Now, for example, a Harvard student en route to Qdoba could actually get a side of Scientology with their burrito. There are rumors of a roving booth manned by people in coordinated outfits peddling books by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, inviting students to come learn more about the religion. While they do not approach passersby themselves, the Scientologists are quick to laud their faith to those who show interest. The religion recently became well-known thanks to celebrities like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, but leaves many wary...
...other day I was at the gym doing a pilates routine and reading about whether Suri Cruise really is the spawn of L. Ron Hubbard. I actually think she is. I have thought that ever since I realized, purely through my own powers of deductive reasoning, that Katie Holmes had been pregnant for approximately 18 months, wearing what appeared to be a prosthetic stomach for half of that time. No one believed me then.Anyway, while I was reading and sneaking self-congratulatory smiles at myself in the full length mirror, some earnest-looking individual decided that we should watch...