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...accuracy's sake, it should be pointed out that in the article "The Quandary of the Cults" [Dec. 18], the photo captioned "Founder L. Ron Hubbard" of the Church of Scientology was not Mr. Hubbard at all. While the writer did have the sense to make a rational distinction between the Peoples Temple and other newer religions, he also stereotyped newer religions under a now meaningless banner of cults. Certainly the Romans too had quandaries with the cult of Christianity. One can only wonder how the media might have reported that story...
...What we are really talking about is an event that has just barely begun. The Great Leap Outward is also China's Great Gamble. For China's sake as well as ours, I hope it succeeds...
...receive some new demands and push them over to us, making it clear that you already accept them. Is this the behavior of an honest broker?" Responded Vance: "We know that you have taken major risks. But it is most important to reach a peace treaty for the sake of this area, the interests of the West and the lives of your people." The Secretary's point was rejected and the session ended in deadlock. Vance left the meeting and headed straight to the U.S. consulate to return a call from Jimmy Carter that had come in on the secure...
...South Africa has fostered and supported, ran virtually unopposed. To be sure, there were four right-wing fringe parties in the race, including one white-supremist group that ran under the portrait of a flaxen-haired young maiden holding a puppy with that party's slogan: VOTE FOR HER SAKE. The South West African People's Organization (SWAPO), the U.N.-backed political movement that has been waging guerrilla warfare in the territory since 1966, refused to take part in the elections...
Mellis said a pay scale has not been established, but that the men who have contacted her have not asked about money. "The serious ones I've talked to seem to be interested for the sake of fun and modeling exposure," she said...