Word: sentineled
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...former Baptist Bible scholar who told his followers that he would not die because prayer had enabled him to survive several heart attacks and an auto accident, was indicted last October in the death of a 15-year-old disciple from chronic kidney disease. The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel has reported that at least 88 Faith Assembly members have died from treatable illnesses or injuries...
Last year 2,000 sentinel pigs were sent from the U.S. and Canada to 505 locations in Haiti to test for the presence of any remaining African swine fever. Less than 1% of them have died...
Some worthy papers might qualify for more national influence if they were not overshadowed by even better nearby competitors. The San Jose Mercury News (circ. 245,000) and Sacramento Bee (circ. 219,000) are outranked as voices of the West by the Los Angeles Times. The Orlando Sentinel (circ. 213,000) is one of the better papers in the country but places only third among Florida's dailies. Baltimore's venturesome Sun and Evening Sun (combined circ. 349,000), with a fine political staff and seven foreign bureaus, gamely fight against the Washington Post. Long Island...
Editor James Squires, 41, a former Washington bureau chief who returned to the Trib in July 1981 after a five-year stint as top editor of the company-owned Orlando Sentinel, sees himself as the paper's "biggest fan and most severe critic." He has brought verve and consistency to layouts, unified the scattershot staffs, and pressured editors to ensure communication between reporters covering related stories-a problem at other dailies. Vows Squires: "We are coming into our own as an investigative paper...
Popular revulsion against parents who let their children suffer for reasons of faith led to the change in Indiana's law. The state is headquarters of the Faith Assembly, whose 1,500 members nationwide n are strictly enjoined from using doctors. The Fort Wayne 'News-Sentinel, which closely follows the church, estimates -that 63 followers in eight states have died since 1976 because they would not accept medical treatment. Of these, 43 were children. In a particularly shocking incident in 1981, one-year-old Evie Swanson of Attica, Ind., received second-and third-degree burns when scalding...