Word: mormon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both wanted to marry another Mormon." John says. "There are 20 undergraduates here who are Motmons--five of them are women. You can't help but rate the five...
...Gardner was appointed president of the University of Utah. Gardner, who is a Mormon, was able to ease the rivalry between Mormons and non-Mormons over key appointments to the university. He named deans and other officials without any regard to their religions. By 1981, he had led an expansion drive that raised the budget from $102 million to $264 million, and by 1982 the number of students had increased from 19,000 to 24,365. Utah's math and biology departments were rated "the most improved" during the past five years by the Conference Board of Associated Research...
Until the seizures, Clark, a 61-year-old retired dentist from Des Moines, Wash., had been making an impressive recovery. He joked with nurses, listened to tapes of music brought by his family (a favorite: Handel's Messiah sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir), and had even begun doing light exercises, sitting on the edge of his bed and swinging his legs for five-minute stretches...
Unable to command the Mormon vote directly--both candidates are Mormon, and the church almost never makes open political endorsements--Wilson supporters have stressed Hatch's active national involvement and have energetically harped on the senator's apparent neglect of Utah in favor of the national stage...
DICK HEADLEE, insurance salesman, former state Chamber of Commerce president, devout Mormon, had not necessarily been a front-runner prior to October 21; his chances were neither stunning nor slim. But his shocking statements, coupled with his clarification explaining that he was only referring to some ERA proponents, have made him something of a doormat in what should have been a hotly contested, vitally important race...