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From the information I have obtained from Patrick, Lockwood was taken to San Diego where he was "deprogrammed." Deprogramming consists of locking the kidnapped victim into a room and subjecting him to marathon brainwashing with the use of every known technique short of physical torture. The job is usually carried out by a group of up to ten people that work in shifts. When the victim is mentally and emotionally exhausted, the deprogrammers move in the for the kill. The victim "breaks" and accepts the arguments and opinions of those who deprogrammed him. Indeed, the process does not stop until...

Author: By Nathaniel Nash, | Title: A Profound Change | 3/27/1973 | See Source »

...deprogramming target, Arlene ("Patti") Thorpe, 23, a member of the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation, a commune of several hundred Jesus people in Saugus, Calif., escaped from a marathon ten-day grilling. Her mother, brother and stepfather captured her after a Sunday service at the Alamo commune and drove her 150 miles to what Patti calls "a grim, middle-class motel" in Chul'a Vista, Calif. Ted Patrick, whom she describes as a "softspoken middle-aged man who didn't look like he'd hurt anyone," first took her Bible away from her and then sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Kidnaping for Christ | 3/12/1973 | See Source »

Because, in yesterday's fourteen hour marathon tournament, Bennett was the sole bright spot, grabbing a spot in the foil finals which will be held this afternoon. Meanwhile, the Crimson foil squad took 5th place with 21 point total...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Fencers Place Sixth, Bennett in Finals | 3/10/1973 | See Source »

...farmer who, when original plans for a 1969 weekend rock concert went awry because of local regulations, became the patron saint of the counterculture when he opened his 600-acre farm to more than 300,000 uninhibited, youthful celebrators of the Woodstock festival; of an apparent heart attack; in Marathon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 19, 1973 | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

...long argued that some Geritol claims were deceptive because the vast majority of people who suffer from vague listless feelings would not be helped by the product. FTC investigations of Geritol began in 1959, but have been stalled in the regulatory mill and the courts ever since. The marathon case ranks second only to the FTC's 16-year effort to get Carter Products, Inc. to stop misleading advertising that claimed its Carter's Little Liver Pills could overcome lethargy and even the blues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Geritol's Bitter Pill | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

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