Word: secularize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...iconoblaster. In his drug taking he was a role model to some, a sacrificial totem to others. Wasn't he killing himself to create more beautiful music? That music was often swell, and as leader of the most fan-friendly band in rock, Garcia was a sort of secular saint of pop culture. But he stuffed himself with seductive toxins--and the myth of the bohemian king--until he burst. His epitaph could be three words: Great. Full. Dead...
...ultimately the singing, and not the lyrics, that matters most. Both groups, though now thoroughly secular in their aims, have roots in the church. Their vocals are thus full of transporting religious passion, redirected to more worldly concerns. Xscape comprises two sisters, Latocha and Tamika Scott, and two of their friends, Kandi Burruss and Tameka Cottle. The members of the Atlanta-based group became friends in grade school. The Scotts were avid churchgoers, Burruss says, and "if you hung with them, you had to go to church every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday." All four ended up in the choir together...
...fundamental principles are also coming in for criticism. For some people, A.A.'s spiritual overtones present problems. (Step Two of the famous Twelve Steps requires recognizing "a Power greater than ourselves.") Rational Recovery, which began in 1986 as a secular alternative to A.A., claims groups in some 600 cities around the country, many of them filled with A.A. refugees. Other therapies, such as Moderation Management, hold that for some problem drinkers, abstinence from alcohol is not the answer...
...African heads of state. The 67-year-old Mubarak, who was unharmed, immediately returned to Cairo. At a news conference hours later, the President said he suspected the fundamentalist Islamic regime in neighboring Sudan, which had been accused of supporting Egyptian radicals who want to replace Mubarak's secular government with strict Islamic rule.TIME's Dean Fischernotes that Mubarak, who began a crackdown on Islamic militants in 1992, has now survived three assassination plots and can expect more: "It ought to be regarded by Mubarak and his handlers as another warning shot." More disturbing, Fischer notes, none of the violence...
...religious Jews in Denver, attending private religious day schools through high school (Geller was the top student among a graduating class of six at the rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy). He travelled to the East Coast for conferences of the Torah High School Network, but remained somewhat isolated from the secular world...