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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...
...Malena R. Turner, a 20-year-old nanny from Utah working in Phoenix, MD, says that the Mormon mystique is frequently just that--mystique...
Much of the multilingual talent is a dividend from the missionary work performed by the Salt Lake City-based Mormon Church, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For decades the church has sent thousands of young men (and a few women) each year on missions to win converts around the world. They spend at least two years in an assigned region, preaching the Mormon message and living side by side with locals. With more than 8 million members worldwide, the church has 44,500 missionaries serving in 95 countries and 26 territories...
...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...
...nearly constant presence at her brother's side represents something of a homecoming for Bay. In 1982 she abandoned Roman Catholicism and married into the Mormon faith. On her father's orders, many family members -- including Pat -- did not attend the ceremony, and the marriage ended in divorce. Today the Pat-Bay relationship is close again, strengthened by their common mission: restoring the party to what they consider to be Reaganite conservatism...