Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like the Manson gang, as avenging angels. They set about making holy war to cut down the unclean; blood, they said, must flood the world to the height of a horse's head. They were finally exterminated after committing uncounted murders. In 1535 an army of Anabaptists under Jan Bockelson proclaimed its intention "to kill all monks and priests and all rulers that there are in the world; for our king alone is the rightful ruler." They, too, had to be forcibly suppressed. Cultists, of course, are sometimes the victims of persecution. The heretical Albigensians, or Cathari, were broken...
Mosteller, who won a majority of votes mailed in by AAAS members, will begin a one-year training term as president-elect Jan. 9, 1979. He will advance to the AAAS presidency in January 1980, and will become the chairman of the organization's board a year later...
...Jan. 16, 1979, at 4:30 in the afternoon, Swiss time. Conservative Columnist William Buckley knows just what he will be doing: starting his third novel. The author of Saving the Queen and Stained Glass is going to Rougemont, Switzerland, and has set aside five weeks to churn out another thriller. Après-ski and pre-harpsichord practice, Buckley, 52, plans to produce 1,500 words a day. Why the regimen? "The 20th century notion that you should stare at the ceiling until the afflatus [inspiration] hits you is self-indulgent," harrumphs Buckley, who does admit to slight concern...
When Carter took office, the polls already were showing that the public ranked inflation as domestic enemy No. 1. He might have seized a rare opportunity to stir and rally the people against it with his very first act: his inaugural speech on Jan...
...Jan Pelletier tipped in a Marcia Hamelin bullet to seal the 4-0 shutout, and the women booters had their ninth consecutive win in nine games this year...