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Neither does anyone else. The men at prayer are among 10,000 surviving Kakure Kirishitan (crypto-Christians)-members of a fossilized faith that is unique in church annals. The poignant tale of the sect begins in 1549, when Jesuit Missionary Francis Xavier brought Roman Catholicism to Japan. The new creed...
Other promotions play upon fears that the Social Security system will go bankrupt. Long Island Trust, a commercial bank in New York, produced a newspaper ad showing a hand holding a Social Security check for $235.59. Across the face of the check is stamped: "Insufficient Funds." Reads the caption: "Will...
This was the second theft in twelve months at Monolithic. Last December, in a case yet to be solved, $120,000 worth of platinum used in the manufacture of semiconductors vanished from the firm. Earlier, at the Intel Corp., which is located 1½ miles away from Monolithic, 10,000...
As he stepped into the cart for the winding drive to the first hole (a short but tricky par-four, with water on the right), a few of his cohorts wished him well in muted voices. Since he had squandered his lead as an 18-year-old, he had been...
Brezhnev stayed at the Schloss Gymnich, a moated, 17th century mansion, 30 miles south of Bonn, used by the West German government to house visiting dignitaries. A barber's chair was rented and installed at Soviet insistence. The Soviets also asked for a scale and an electric fan. Because...