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...short answer is no. The people who were attracted to the Temple did, for the most part, have one common trait. They were altruistic. They wanted to be part of something larger than themselves. So in that sense they were seekers, but in the main they were hard-working, functioning individuals who had lives that were ordinary in most senses. They had a need to join an organization where they were doing something meaningful. Keep in mind that this was in the post-civil rights and post-Vietnam eras, and a lot of young people, in particular, and older ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: A Jonestown Survivor Remembers | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...discussion of the financial situation will be the main docket item on today’s agenda...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Meeting To Focus on Funds | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...main argument within the Administration against using TARP money for an auto-industry loan is that the automakers' problems are viewed as systemic, not short-term. "No one in this building or in this Administration has a plan for the long-term viability of the auto industry," says the senior Treasury official. "It's just not on the shelf." Without such a plan, the Administration has decided that any short-term loan should come from existing money from Congress for the auto industry's modernization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Returns — and So Do Economic Fissures | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...production may have come off without any major hitch, but there was a nagging feeling that the sparks didn’t fly, that it never reached out to rough up the prevailing mood of Hope and Change. Some directorial risk-taking would have helped.Still, the main thing about “Assassins” is the assassins, and this cast has some seriously talented standouts. The best, by a lot, is Alison H. Rich ’09. She played Samuel Byck, who, in Feburary of 1974, tried to hijack a plane, crash it into the White House...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Assassins' Rocks the Relevance | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...main focus of this week was on our forecheck,” senior forward Nick Coskren said. “Our two games at Union and RPI we weren’t getting much offense going 5-on-5. We had the puck and we were dumping it in and they were breaking it out too easily...

Author: By Stephanie Krysiak, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Home Still Sweet For Crimson | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

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