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Word: scouts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kimball's revelation freed the faith from a gnawing problem. Missionaries faced constant questions about Mormon racism. "Church young people were mortified," says University of Utah Historian Brigham Madsen. "They would not put up with it any longer." The N.A.A.C.P. went to court to end bias in Mormon Boy Scout troops. A dissident member even dared picket the 28-story headquarters building that dominates the Salt Lake City skyline. The revelation also solved the dilemma of who is eligible to use the new temple in racially mixed Brazil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mormonism Enters a New Era | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...stand 40-year-old ladies in halter tops, not to mention an invasion of teenyboppers that makes the Visigoths' sack of Rome--in 410 A.D., remember--look like a Boy Scout scavenger hunt. Manifold or no Manifold, though, I really love this stadium. There have been some great moments over the years...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: But Seriously, Folks... | 8/1/1978 | See Source »

...draws are frequent in top-level play, the men will need both ample patience and stamina. To keep in shape, Korchnoi jogs daily; his diet includes health foods and Iranian caviar-of which he has imported enough to last 30 games. Karpov, whom one observer likened to "a Boy Scout," swims, rows and does calisthenics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pawns and Politics in Baguio City | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

...notes reflect all the contradictions of impression of anyone who met Eisenhower only occasionally: the mixture of simplicity and astuteness, the beguilement he could cast over any conversation he wanted; the boy-scout sincerity; the shrewdness of manipulation; his understanding of the twisting corridors of government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: In Search of History | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...think Curry is a fine athlete, and he comes from a program that's very prooriented in that Restic uses one of the most complex aerial offenses in the nation," Tom Merino, the Giants' regional scout who looked Curry over, said yesterday...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Jim Curry Inks Pro Contract; Giants Gain Crack Receiver | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

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