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Within a few years, Barkouras, smartly turned out in well-cut European suits, was de facto head of the clinic and was earning $250,000 a year. His patients included members of Oklahoma City's most powerful and socially elite families. He and his German-born wife Marga lived in a $200,000 modern house, drove Cadillacs and maintained a summer retreat in Loutraki, a Greek resort city...
What caused the Barkouras empire to begin unraveling was a series of messy divorces. First, a colleague, Robert Phillips, was divorced in 1977 by his wife Wilma, who charged that he had forced her to attend sessions with Barkouras in an effort to "destroy her personal identity." Next, Marga divorced Barkouras on grounds of incompatibility. Her lawyer, George Miskovsky, referred to Barkouras in court as "a big, strong stud lay analyst." Finally, in a quieter proceeding, Kay Delaporte, a patient of Barkouras' and a teacher at his school, sued her husband Chris, an administrator in the U.S. Interior Department...
Meanwhile, all lay analysts have been barred by the state legislature from practicing in Oklahoma. Observes Miskovsky, Marga Barkouras' attorney: "Football, politics, oil and sex are all considered sports in Oklahoma. Barkouras gave people something to talk about because he was playing in all of them. Except football." -By Ellie McGrath. Reported by Jonathan Beaty/Oklahoma City
...disastrous Sunday, Korchnoi lost twice to Karpov in the space of an hour. The anguished challenger fled to Manila, where he encountered Steven Michael Dwyer and Victoria Sheppard, members of Ananda Marga, a yoga-practicing Indian sect. The two young Americans were out on bail, appealing a conviction for stabbing an Indian embassy official. Korchnoi struck up a friendship with the saffron-robed duo, who prescribed yoga exercises, including headstands, as a remedy for his tension. Back in Baguio City, with the yoga experts in tow, Korchnoi mounted a surprising offensive, winning four of the next 14 games, to even...
...government has described the sect as everything from anarchist to fascist. Certainly Ananda Marga is profoundly political; its political wing ran several unsuccessful candidates in the 1971 elections. But officials refuse to explain the case until Sarkar is tried. Sarkar has languished in prison for 16 months with only a pretrial hearing, and because murder is involved the courts have denied him bail three times. Such court snarls are common in India, but until Sarkar is proved guilty or innocent, both sides are likely to go on thinking-or doing-the worst...