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Cult members had worked as Web page designers prior to their death, but they focused their eyes on another world--a "level above human" attainable only by suicide. "The final act of metamorphosis or separation from the human kingdom is the 'disconnect' or separation from the human physical container or body," they wrote. "We will rendezvous in the 'clouds' (a giant mothership) for our briefing and journey to the Kingdom of the Literal Heavens." Members believed that the Hale-Bopp comet, which visited Earth last week for the first time in 2,400 years, was a "marker" that the mothership...
...down two major covert operations after his staff found that case officers opposed U.S. policy goals and possibly allowed informants to siphon funds. Since his boss John Deutch resigned last December, Tenet has run the CIA--but not without incident. Last month Tenet said the agency did not know prior to 1995 that an Iraqi weapons dump blown up by U.S. troops in the Gulf War may have contained chemical weapons. Last week Tenet acknowledged the agency had sketchy information as early as 1986. Now that Lake, Clinton's first choice to replace Deutch, has been chased from the theater...
...love." Anderson had been pastor of the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, California, until members of his congregation, opposed to some of his policies, "outed" him in 1990. He had been closeted till then and involved in a seven-year relationship with another man, which ended prior to the rupture with his congregation. He left the clergy but remained a Presbyterian layman, pressing for change. Now executive director of the California Council of Churches, Anderson was buoyed for a while by allies across the country, even as liberal and conservative Presbyterians threatened secession over the issue. Then the slow-motion...
...budget--not all of which, frankly, is visible on the screen, reached a reported $90 million. The two stars did not get along during the shoot, and one of them has publicly dissed the movie prior to its release. Sounds like they're dressing up The Devil's Own for a fall, doesn...
...Still, their films seem to be leading the Picture race, and Picture-Director consistency has been broken only four times in the last forty years. Globe-winner Forman's film is the least popular with the Academy, but his career has been the longest and most-celebrated, including two prior wins. Leigh will be a favorite among the actors, who love his improvisational filming style. Coen, meanwhile, has an avid fan base, and he earned the Director's prize at Cannes (even though his film lost to Leigh's). Confused...