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...attendees were selected from among some 50,000 evangelists. Global sweep was one of Graham's goals, and it was attained: 185 nations and territories were represented; 80% of the preachers came from developing countries. In Nigeria, for example, organizers had tried to recruit at least one evangelist from each of that huge (pop. 105 million) nation's 137 major tribes, but in the end were able to cover only 136. Said one Graham organizer: "We looked hard for an evangelist from the last tribe, but we just couldn't find one." The throng included members of every sort...
...said he is "repulsed" by the world of politics and its "dirty tricks" and has often stated his resolve against seeking elective office. Nevertheless, this modern American folk hero has found himself in the frustrating, if flattering position of having to implore his admirers to quit trying to recruit him for the 1988 presidential race...
Miller was the first agent ever charged with espionage and the latest in a string of Government employees convicted of selling secrets. To U.S. Attorney Robert C. Bonner, the case "demonstrated graphically the KGB's effort to recruit Americans" as spies. Half the Soviet diplomatic officials in the U.S. are intelligence officers, Bonner said. At week's end the FBI supported that contention by apprehending Colonel Vladimir Izmaylov, the Soviet air attache in Washington. He had approached a U.S. Air Force officer and allegedly offered to pay for information about the Strategic Defense Initiative and other weapons projects...
...California surfers, Michael Rodgers, 25, and Tony Cassella, 28, came up with the idea for colored sunscreens in 1982, but it took them more than three years to recruit a chemist and find a lab to make the product. The time, it turned out, was well spent. Since their Zinka appeared in February, more than 90,000 .75-oz. tubes have been sold, at $4.50 each, in the U.S., Canada, Japan and Europe. In the meantime, an Australian firm marketed a similar product, Le Zink, in October, but it did not reach the U.S. until last month. It comes...
...Critical communal awareness" explained why mywork in Boston's Chinatown had been so fulfilling.The concept of having something to give to acommunity which I could call my own, even though Igrew up three thousands miles away and outside ofChinatown, became a thrill. I now regret nothaving had time to recruit minority students forCrimson comps. I learned to smile and respond inan informative manner when complimented on myEnglish by the native public during my work at theMuseum of Science. "Well, even though I'm ofChinese heritage, I was born in America. In fact,my Chinese probably isn't too much better...