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...then on Easter 1999, Gordon Hinckley, the Saints' president and prophet, announced that the church would rebuild the great Nauvoo Temple. Its agents were so confident that they applied for a building permit and scheduled groundbreaking for later the same month. The city council debate ran along monetary lines. The rebuilt temple would draw an estimated 1 million dollar-wielding visitors. But the pilgrims would strain the taxpayer-financed roads, sewers and police force, with its current night watch of one officer...
...Mormons' current wave of temple building (a dispute in Belmont, Mass., seems destined for the Supreme Court), Nauvoo had no zoning laws and no desire to lock legal horns with an opponent worth some $30 billion. When the Mormons anted up $471,000 for town expenses, they got their permit. Most of the townspeople, says Wallace, "were proud of the council for getting some money...
...what's got them in such a state? Well, on Wednesday's episode of CBS's hit show "Survivor," the islanders were seen hunting, grilling and, yes, eating the wild rats that populate the tropical paradise. The animal-rights group is reportedly "horrified" that the network would permit such inhumane treatment of the rats (which apparently are so numerous they run roughshod over sleeping cast members...
...Sandbox Manufacturers of America: "We are outraged that CBS would permit such obvious disregard for sand. Exactly what kind of message are we sending to the youth of America when 'Survivor' cast members are free to relieve themselves at will right there on the beach? CBS programming executives must ask themselves if they are prepared to face up to their responsibility for turning the nation's sandboxes into so many toilets...
...There would be no bantering. Lewis would permit only the refrain of "Harvard...