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Word: messiahs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...faction within the Hasidic sect, however, takes an entirely opposite position. Even if you haven't seen the full-page advertisements in the New York Times, you might know that Rebbe Menachem M. Schneerson, head of the almost evangelical Lubavich sect of Hasidism, is revered as the Messiah by thousands of his followers. In fact, more people may now believe the nonegenarian rabbi to be the Messiah than believed the same of Jesus of Nazareth at the time of his death...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Until Faith Do Us Part | 10/12/1993 | See Source »

...reputation among students as the "mealtime messiah" may be tarnished for some time to come...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Berry Plagued by Complaints Of Fired Cook, Other Workers | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...outweigh the others. Which affected us more as Harvard students and as Americans, the Gulf War or the L.A. Riots? The search for new president Bill Clinton or Neil L. Rudenstine? Blossoming democracy in former Communist states or bloody war in Bosnia-Herzogovina? Michael P. Berry as the Mealtime Messiah or Messiah No More? Charles Stuart or Amy Fisher...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Class of '93: Oh, The Places We Have Been! | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

Being the inquisitive type, I purchased a can of the substance. "What a novel idea," I thought. "It looks healthy and refreshing, How hip! How happening! How nineties! This may be the Messiah of the soda market...

Author: By Tehshik P. Yoon, | Title: Crystal Pepsi-The Wrong One, Baby | 5/26/1993 | See Source »

...survivors, former Davidians and a psychiatric report on the children confirmed last week, the Ranch Apocalypse experience was one of deprivation and fear. Denied traditional family bonds and exposed to Koresh's warped teachings, the children became compliant playthings, expected to live by every word issuing from the mad messiah of Waco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children of A Lesser God | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

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