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Nothing, including the PTL scandal, seems about to change televangelism's practice of financially secretive one-man rule. None of the current crop of big-time TV preachers seem eager to follow the example of the most famous of modern evangelists, Billy Graham, who still gets the highest TV ratings of any preacher for his occasional prime-time crusades. Decades ago Graham pioneered a cleanliness campaign among evangelists by taking a straight salary (currently $59,100, plus housing allowance and expenses) rather than living off unaudited gifts. Graham led the way in giving control of his ministry to an independent...
...million-year-old eggs would have measured approximately 8 in. long and 3 1/2 in. across. Young, whose find was announced last week, has no idea what species of dinosaur produced the eggs, but they may shed new light on nesting habits of the prehistoric beasts. Most dinosaurs, like modern reptiles, probably laid eggs, even though few nests have ever been unearthed. Young argues that the reptiles sought out isolated sites and used them repeatedly. Reason: he found shells in at least six layers of nests. Says Paleontologist Harley Armstrong of the Museum of Western Colorado: "This is a great...
...knocked off Request Number One along with a Core requirement by signing up for "Historical Studies A: Modern Science and Modern Societies" in the spring of my freshman year...
Gorbachev needs a respite from all-out competition with the West in order to get on with his program. He wants to transform the Soviet Union from a muscle- bound but backward empire into a modern state able to hold its own in the global marketplace of goods and ideas. The U.S.S.R., says Gorbachev, must become a "real superpower." Implicit in that phrase is a stunning confession: take away its 3.7 million men under arms and its 25,000-odd nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union would be a Third World country. There is a note of alarm, even shame...
Long used to icy adversaries in the Kremlin, Americans must now confront a vigorous and imaginative Soviet leader. He is bent on transforming his muscle- bound but backward empire into a modern state able to hold its own in the global marketplace of goods and ideas. There is reason to wish him well, but also reason for skepticism. See WORLD...