Word: magical
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...joined the sect, the document describes a version of the foundations of Mormonism that differs markedly from the official account written by Smith in 1838. The letter, discovered in 1983 | and donated to the church last month by a Utah businessman, depicts Smith as a man influenced by folk magic and occultism. This appears to contradict the official church position, which regards Mormonism as a uniquely pure restoration of Christianity. After the letter was described by Professors Dean Jessee and Ronald Walker of Brigham Young University at a historians' convention this month, scholars discussed it heatedly for hours...
...lying in bed asleep dreaming about Uncle Wiggly's magic tree house or something, when suddenly my door is kicked in I leap awake to see three heavily armed men in ski masks standing over...
...letters of his mother and father, although Treadup is not Roscoe Hersey, as the book's appended notes make clear, but a composite of at least half a dozen Protestant evangelists. As such, he can be a charismatic teacher who scoots around northern China on a motorcycle with a magic show of scientific experiments, a dogged organizer and tireless fund raiser, a man of radiant energy and corrosive doubts. This is the sort of character who might be considered larger than life, if his life had not been lived on a stage that dwarfed his best efforts and noblest beliefs...
Even Reagan's fabled mastery of television was failing, at least temporarily, to work its accustomed magic. In a forceful speech to the nation on Wednesday night, the President summoned all his rhetorical resources to appeal for public support of the $52 billion in spending cuts in the fiscal 1986 budget plan. "The stakes are enormous," said Reagan. "Please tell your Senators and Representatives by phone, wire or Mailgram that our future hangs in the balance...
...most intriguing aspect of No Magic Bullet's is Brandt's analysis of the military's campaign against V.D. On the eve of World War I, the stereotypical macho image of men in uniform rang true; in 1917 the War Department was so alarmed by training camp reports of drunkenness and carousing with wanton women that it promised soldiers "invisible armor" to protect them against the "heated temptations" of immorality. A Commission on Training Camp Activities was created with the objective of not only cleaning up the extra-curricular activities of the soldiers but using the American military...