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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps. But there is definitely a "Mormon mystique," Rogers says. Although "you can't tell them from anyone else," Young Mormon women are perceived as more cleancut and all-American than their East Coast sister, according to Rogers. "Utah catches their eye," she says. "They think, `Mormon...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Mary Poppins Goes Slam Dancing | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

...Malena R. Turner, a 20-year-old nanny from Utah working in Phoenix, MD, says that the Mormon mystique is frequently just that--mystique...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Mary Poppins Goes Slam Dancing | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

Parents say that although they were aware of "the Mormon mystique," the stereotype didn't necessarily affect their decision to work with the Rogers...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Mary Poppins Goes Slam Dancing | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

Nevertheless, says Helen E. Schardt, who hired Turner, "I knew enough to know that these girls would probably be Mormon, a little more clean-cut. Possibly a little more stable than what I had been getting...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Mary Poppins Goes Slam Dancing | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

...their studies includes intensive language training for several hours a day, seven days a week. From Armenian to Vietnamese -- including such low-demand tongues as Estonian, Tahitian and Icelandic -- 38 different languages are taught at the center, usually by former missionaries or foreign students from nearby universities. At Mormon-backed Brigham Young University, more than 60% of the 28,000 students acquire extensive foreign-language experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language The State of Many Tongues | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

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