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When Brian Weiss graduated from UCLA in 1968, he was portrayed in beard and mortarboard on the cover of TIME for a story that described the nation's college graduating class as "the most conscience-stricken, moralistic, and, perhaps, the most promising" in U.S. history. As an editor of UCLA's Daily Bruin, Weiss gained notoriety by writing a column calling the Governor of California, Ronald Reagan, "a liar." With the breathtaking cockiness of his class and era, Weiss breezily declared, "I can see myself as an excellent U.S. President...
...spreading rumors that thousands of people allegedly perished during the accident at the atomic power station. It has already been reported that in reality two people died and only 197 were hospitalized." Viewers then saw a grainy black-and-white photo of what was described as Chernobyl's stricken Unit No. 4. Commentator Alexander Galkin said the photo proved that the damage was less severe than Western reporters had claimed. In fact, the photo showed that part of the reactor's roof had blown off and that there was substantial damage to the walls...
...COMEDIAN making the rounds says that instead of sending shiploads of food to the starving people of the world, we'd be wiser to send them empty U-Hauls. He explains that the Ethiopian and other famine-stricken peoples of the world are hungry because they live in deserts. The only solution, then, is to get them out of there. "We have deserts in America, too," he says. "But we don't live in them...
...spread at two New York City schools last summer when parents refused to send their children to class because one child with AIDS was allowed to continue his studies at a public school. The two local schools eventually sued the New York Board of Education, which permitted the AIDS-stricken child to attend class...
This is no ordinary spirit-stricken shack, if only because of its impressive track record. Before the movie begins, it has already abducted our hero's son, destroyed his marriage, and killed his aunt. Not bad for an inanimate object. Then, before 10 minutes has elapsed, it manages to lure our helpless author back to the spooky edifice in order to finish...