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Each baptized member is subject to a personal "discipler," who gives advice not only on spiritual problems but also on daily life. Dropouts complain that the advice, which members are expected to obey, may include such details as where to live, whom and when to date, what courses to take in school, even how often to have sex with a spouse. One former convert says he was led through a detailed financial inventory to ensure that he would contribute heavily. Despite such extraordinary intrusions, many insist the group has uplifted them. Boston chiropractor Ken Lowey, for one, says that before...
Hammered by defectors and opponents, the Boston Church admits some disciplers may have gone too far and says it will "readjust" its discipling practices. Formerly, writes Baird, members were told to obey leaders not only on specific biblical commands but also on matters of "opinion." Now, he says, leaders may demand specific evangelistic efforts but not dictate "such things as choice of food, car, clothes, exact amount of giving." A discipler's advice may be rejected "without sinning" if a member is convinced he is doing God's will. But defectors predict the demands on members will change little...
That was not good enough for subcommittee chairman David Obey, a Democrat, who recalled that Republicans had in the past attacked his party for its support of the IMF. Congress would approve this contribution, Obey said, only if President Bush were to "state to the country in a very public way why these actions are necessary." But Brady also repeated the consistent U.S. rejection of Gaidar's call for the $5 billion fund to support the ruble, arguing that the Russian economy is still too shaken by inflation and unsecured credit to fix a firm value on the currency...
...himself challenged, he was bound to destroy the challenger." The next emperor, Salisbury predicts, will probably be as pragmatic as Deng. But like Deng he will hold tightly to power and will be ready to order China, as emperors did in dynasties past, "Obey -- and tremble...
...risks in this trend are considerable: unlike sworn officers, most security guards are not required to inform suspects of their Miranda rights or to obey the Fourth Amendment's restraint on searches. Moreover, the trend toward privatization raises important public-policy issues. "What ever happened to equal protection for all?" asks Harvard criminologist Mark Moore. "If public policing can be bought, then the rich will receive more than the poor. In the end, the public force will erode into a poor people's force." And unless the industry cleans up its own procedures, even rich clients may find themselves...