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Dates: during 1990-1999
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China's crackdown on the Falun Gong sect may be inflating the size of the dragon it is trying to slay. Beijing ratcheted up its campaign against the religious group Thursday, branding it a "devil-cult" and vowing to show it no mercy. But despite the heavy prison sentences that Chinese law prescribes for members of cults, hundreds of Falun Gong members continued their almost daily protests in Tiananmen Square and elsewhere in China. Although the authorities fear the consequences of allowing a millions-strong religious sect whose leader is based in the U.S. to flourish beyond official control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Crackdown on China Sect Could Backfire | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

Understandably disturbed by all of this, Anton cuts off his possessed part. Unfortunately, the liberated hand them sets out on its own to slay Anton's newly-found girlfriend (Jessica Alba) and rampage a school dance in the process. See, it all makes perfect sense...

Author: By Daniel A. Zweifach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hands-Down Fun | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson played well, but could not slay the Bears in Providence on Saturday...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Volleyball Drops Deuce to League Foes | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...prey in this "Wyld Hunt" is a sprinting first-year with antlers strapped to her head. The "spectral hounds" following her are mostly hard science concentrators, all with an inhumanly high tolerance for silliness. They "slay" her on the steps of Memorial Church and carry her back to Quincy House inert...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Club Walks on the Wyld Side | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...backup Steve DeBerg, at 44, is the age of Manning and Leaf combined. Oakland Raider backup Wade Wilson is 39; Denver Bronco John Elway, 38; and Minnesota's Randall Cunningham, 35, came out of retirement two years ago and threw for 442 yards and four touchdowns Oct. 5 to slay the Green Bay Packers. "Elway talks about retiring," Madden says, "and I said, 'John, why retire? You can play another 10 years.' Once you get it, it's easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookies Under Siege | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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