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...during the last catastrophes. On Lemuria they will create a city over which Christ will reign in the person of the Archangel Melchizedek. Not quite the Christ of the New Testament, though: typifying their syncretistic beliefs, the Stelle members believe that Christ borrowed Jesus' body for his earthly sojourn, and that Jesus was a sort of theological tourist, who studied with Brahmins in India, Buddhists in Nepal and sages in Persia...
...butt of a lot of jokes in the world of sports. As nearly everyone knows, exheavyweight champ Sonny Liston once quipped that he'd rather be a lamp post in Denver than mayor of Philly. More recently Derek Sanderson said that coming back to Boston after a brief sojourn in Philadelphia was "like coming back from Vietnam...
...Well," ousted Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson said to Washington Post Reporter Sally Quinn about his official sojourn in Washington, "the experience may have been costly, but it was also priceless." Before bidding farewell to the capital, Peterson went to a dinner party with some Democratic friends (Host Tom Braden, Senator J. William Fulbright, Former Ambassador David Bruce), where he regaled everyone with an imaginary version of his dismissal. He had been summoned to "Mount David," said Peterson, and subjected to a loyalty test. Had his wife Sally really voted for McGovern? Would he please give a one-word...
...privileged convicts, the Alessios lost no time in buttering up the guards. On different occasions, according to the indictment, the Alessios arranged a free weekend at a resort hotel in Stateline, Nev., for one parole officer and his family; they treated another prison official to a lavishly catered sojourn at the Kona Kai, a San Diego club controlled by Smith. Another time Tony Alessio hosted a fishing trip for a guard and three of his friends that ended with a surprise bonus: two nude prostitutes who came dancing out of the bathroom in their motel suite...
...FIND that up here on top of a mountain, it is easier for me to get on top of the job," remarked President Nixon as he enjoyed the splendid isolation of Camp David after winning reelection. His sojourn stretched on for 2½ weeks, longer than that of any President who has used the retreat, so long that Comedian Alan King drew laughs in his Las Vegas routine by suggesting that the whole point of the election had been "to send a boy to camp." Then, last week, the rumors rumbling down the mountainside turned into a sudden avalanche...