Word: propheteers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...land reform. "We please the middle and lower classes," said President Seyed Ali Khamene'i, 44, last summer, "and let big landlords, big factory owners and the wealthy seethe in discontent." Opposing them are the ultrarightist clerics who insist that the Koran unequivocally condemns such socialistic practices. The Prophet Muhammad, they point out, was once a merchant, who said, "The merchant is among God's favorites." The leftists were rebuffed 16 months ago when the social reform bills they proposed were vetoed by the Guardian Council. But last summer they made up some ground by edging...
...PROPHET MOTIVE...
...intriguing, off-beat subjects such as the ethos of Thanksgiving or the politics of funeral homes. Kinsley delighted in using his "The Easy Chair" column to lambaste sacred cows, including Jonathan Schell just after Schell had written The Fate of the Earth and was considered an untouchable prophet...
...play, about a prophet in African is unusual for African literature because it is a comedy written in English. Mainawa Mwangi '87, director of The Trials Brother Gero said yesterday...
...Hampshire crowd is only a fraction of the 163 aspirants on file with the Federal Election Commission in Washington. They include Bob Brewster, 53, of Orlando, Fla., the candidate of the Christian (NonLawyer) Committee; and Elijah the Prophet, 40, of New York City, who sent the FEC a bonus along with his registration papers: a copy of his book, The Time of the End. But surely the wave of the future is a beeping Baltimore independent, Rebecca Robot, who pledges "high-tech jobs for people." A nation governed by a robot? She, or rather it, would certainly be the ultimate...