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...Reiterman: Good and evil coexisted in Jim Jones throughout his life. I really do believe, having gone back to his birthplace in Indiana and tracing his life, that the seeds of the madness that the world saw in November 1978 were there from his earliest years. He was somewhat neglected as a child. He was part of an unconventional family where his mother was the breadwinner and his father was a brooding man whose work life was cut short by mustard gas scarring from World War I on his lungs. Jones sought out acceptance and a sense of family through...
...within the Temple a sense of family. At the same time, however, he was breaking down the individual family units within the Temple, and he was getting a tighter and tighter grip on his followers, just as he locked up his playmates in a barn in Indiana. He found ways to take control of and isolate his members from their families and from the outside. One of the things that he did was press them to give up their belongings, sign over their houses in some cases, sign over custody of their children. One of the cruelest things, I thought...
...enjoyed [the challenge].” Harvard’s male competitors did not express as much enthusiasm for the sloppy course, but achieved equal success in the 10K race. Sophomore Dan Chenoweth matched his classmate’s accomplishment, finishing sixth overall to earn his own trip to Indiana. The Crimson’s top runner crossed the finish line in 31:29.8, followed by junior co-captain Chas Gillespie, freshman Brandon Jarrett, junior Stephen Chester and sophomore Ryan Neely. All five point scorers broke the top 85, giving Harvard the third-best Ivy League score...
...school is an ineffective tool at best for predicting what an undergraduate experience will be like. "Even high-performing institutions as measured by average benchmark scores have work to do to improve the experience of all students," says Alex McCormick, NSSE's director and a professor of education at Indiana University. (See pictures of how teens would vote...
...strategy and instead found its standard bearer in its industrial Rust Belt roots, a place where Obama's reputation and early ground game could have maximum impact. It was no accident that on election night, Obama captured six of the states that ring Illinois, including three - Ohio, Iowa and Indiana - that John Kerry lost in 2004. (Obama lost adjacent Missouri by less than 5,000 votes...