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...Simple as that," the Leavitt character notes, "I became an industry," turning out term papers for seven college boys who hear of his service--and his terms--and seek him out anyway. His last client is a devout Mormon named Ben, who is so desperate for a good grade that will get him into law school that he is "willing to do things I'll be ashamed of for the rest of my life." Leavitt perks up at that "things." Ben believes both the cheating and the required method of payment are sins. "After all," Leavitt muses, "none...
...meet--never mind discuss something as intimate as one's personal beliefs. Thus on the Internet, Catholics suddenly find themselves keyboard-to-keyboard with devil worshippers, Jews modem-to-modem with Islamic fundamentalists. "I put the [Reverend Moon's] Unification Church right up there with the wonderful world of Mormon," someone with the screen name Marzioli posted recently on a Usenet newsgroup. The next message snapped back, "Marz, you are an ignorant disinformationist. Wake...
...harvest is even more bountiful on the Web, where everyone from Lutherans to Tibetan Buddhists now has a home page, many crammed with technological bells and whistles. Mormon sites offer links to vast genealogical databases, while YaaleVe' Yavo, an Orthodox Jewish site, forwards E-mailed prayers to Jerusalem, where they are affixed to the Western Wall. Two Websites are devoted to Cao Daiism, the tiny Vietnamese sect that worships French novelist Victor Hugo as a saint, and a handful probe the mysteries of Jainism, an Indian religion in which (as one learns on the Net) the truly faithful sweep...
BORN: Sept. 22, 1948, North Ogden EDUCATION: Brigham Young U, B.S., 1973, J.D., 1979 FAMILY: Wife, Jacquelyn; one child RELIGION: Mormon MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: 889 North Freedom Boulevard, Suite 203, Provo 84604. Tel.: 801-377-3401 No one can accuse Orton of partisan politics: the Democrat usually votes against his party on economic and social issues, opposing gun control and federal funding of abortion and supporting mandatory parental notification of minors' abortions. His sights set on a fourth term, he has tried to build up his coffers, but he's facing multimillionaire Christopher...
BORN: Oct. 27, 1960, Alexandria EDUCATION: Brigham Young U, B.A., 1985; U of Virginia, J.D., 1988 FAMILY: Wife, Laura; five children RELIGION: Mormon MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Albemarle County School Board, 1992-95; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 400, Evington...