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Mastering Baha'i doctrines does not come quickly. Porter said, only half in jest, that it would take him about six weeks to do justice to the teachings. At its core, the religion claims that God is a living being who cares about human affairs and makes his will known at intervals through Prophets. The founder of the religion, Baha'u 'Llah, began it with the premise that Abraham, Moses, Krishna, Buddha, Zoroaster, Jesus Christ and Mohammed all were "Manifestations of God." Every major religion is part of an organic whole, and the duty of Baha'is is to show...
...perpetrators of these "pranks" claim that their actions were intended to be taken in jest. But after the "ha-ha" is over, it is impossible to ignore both the flippancy of their approach to difficult sexual issues, and the symbolism in their jokes. "Mostly, the males felt surprised that the women had to act with such solidarity to secure their identity," said one of the men involved in Wednesday night's transvestiture. "We wanted to poke some fun at the idea of feminism so that it wouldn't be taken too seriously...
...commission would have no punitive powers--it would not, as some have suggested in jest, be empowered to put President Bok on probation if he did not respond to the needs of the community. But it would be entitled to full accounts from administrators so that it could best handle complaints of administrative obstinance...
What has changed Tijuana so dramatically? For one thing, competition. Tougher Mexican laws and more liberal U.S. attitudes shrank the market for "attractions" such as divorces, abortions, prostitution and sex shows. "We simply could not compete with upper California," says one Tijuanan, only partly in jest. Also, the town grew rapidly in size (from 160,000 in 1960 to 450,000 today) and in civic pride, which could not tolerate the sincity image...
What better symbol of exploited womanhood than the pulchritudinous office worker of jest and lore? Lustful male chauvinist bosses chase her around desks, jealous wives plot her undoing, and her alleged lack of brains is a national joke. But at least, says Washington Post Columnist William Raspberry, she has a job-which is more than can be said for her less well-endowed sisters...