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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ability to impress audiences with the urgency and truth of his message." (Such was Bo and Peep's appeal that NBC aired a series pilot called The Mysterious Two--originally titled Follow Me If You Dare--about an extraterrestrial couple.) But Bo and Peep's disciples were not all sheep. One group of discontented followers rejected the cult when a promised space visit never materialized. To stem the drop in membership, Bo and Peep instituted the boot-camp phase of their movement to prepare followers for the rigors of space. Family contacts were frowned upon--except for one time, Mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IMPRISONED BY HIS OWN PASSIONS: Marshall Herff Applewhite | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

Clones have been around for some time. They act alike, dress alike and talk alike. Same mannerisms, same expressions, and following the same trends--just like sheep. They're called yuppies. CHARLOTTE WEBB Redding, Connecticut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 31, 1997 | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

Hello, Dolly, brave new ovine; art thou a wolf in sheep's cloning? DENISE KEENEY BODEY Bethlehem, Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 31, 1997 | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

...would come one day to take them to a higher world. But the retreat gave them a new understanding of their calling, and the two embarked on a long journey of proselytizing. The pair, who went by many names - "Him and Her," "Bo and Peep," "Doh and Ti" - gathered "sheep," as they called new recruits, by traveling to small towns throughout the West. In the 1970s, the UFO cult gained much notoriety around the country. The cult's ranks reached about a thousand members, as hundreds of people were persuaded to leave behind their belongings and families and prepare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Long Journey to Death | 3/30/1997 | See Source »

...would come one day to take them to a higher world. But the retreat gave them a new understanding of their calling, and the two embarked on a long journey of proselytizing. The pair, who went by many names - "Him and Her," "Bo and Peep," "Doh and Ti" - gathered "sheep," as they called new recruits, by traveling to small towns throughout the West. In the 1970s, the UFO cult gained much notoriety around the country. The cult's ranks reached about a thousand members, as hundreds of people were persuaded to leave behind their belongings and families and prepare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Long Journey to Death | 3/29/1997 | See Source »

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