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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The Reverend Robertson says that God speaks to him. So if there aren't three million good Christians out there willing to support America's most popular television evangelist, then the state of religion is in pretty sad shape. But, as in the case of the Cabots and the Lowells...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Populist Revivalist | 9/24/1986 | See Source »

Finally the University became embroiled in perhaps the largest controversy this year when it included a letter by Board of Overseers President Joan T. Bok '51 (no relation to Derek Bok) in the official election packet for that governing body, which is sent to all alumni. That letter criticized the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Closed Doors | 9/18/1986 | See Source »

In what could be a serious blow to the Hunt clan, the craggy-faced Barefoot Sanders ruled that Placid must shift its petition for bankruptcy relief from a New Orleans court to Dallas. The banks wanted the case to be heard in Dallas, in Sanders' jurisdiction, but the Hunts hoped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down to Their Last Billion? | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

The Hunts will appeal Sanders' ruling, and they immediately demanded that the judge be disqualified from hearing their case. Their court petition argued that "one cannot be blind to the background of long-standing philosophical and political differences between the honorable Barefoot Sanders and . . . members of the Hunt family." But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down to Their Last Billion? | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

As pieced together from the various accounts, the latest showdown began taking shape on Wednesday, just 24 hours after the government had imposed new restrictions on political gatherings. Police went from house to house in Soweto, displaying the text of the new orders: no mass funerals, no outdoor ceremonies, no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Battle At the Burial Grounds | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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