Word: teas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Exton reminisced about going to college during the Prohibition. "We went to Scully Square [a section of Boston torn down to make way for Government center]," Exton said. "If you asked for tea, they'd serve you a terrible red wine...
...Ginseng Tea. To some spectators in New York City in the weeks leading up to his rally, his cadres of shorthaired, fresh-faced youths marching and singing together were a reminder of early Nazi days. So are the anti-Semitic doctrines expressed in Moon's religious writings, though many of his followers are young Jews. Moon's wealth and his political connections and apparatus are also under increasing scrutiny. He never seems to lack funds with which to fly or bus squads of converts wherever he needs them. Strongly antiCommunist, Moon orates frequently about politics. An industrialist back...
Although there have been rumors of large donations from industries in Japan and Korea, this is not the case. But Moon has interests in a number of businesses in many countries, among them South Korea's II Hwa pharmaceutical company, which exports ginseng tea, and Tong II Industries, which manufac tures air rifles. Moon exploits the talent and energy of his hard-core disciples, who go on the streets to sell flowers, candles, peanuts and ginseng tea. Their take is considerable-perhaps $10 million a year, and because his cult is legally a religion, all income is tax free...
Parents in France, West Germany and other countries are also alarmed. After Mikio Goto, 19, dropped out of college and started peddling ginseng tea on Tokyo streets for Master Moon, his father formed an association of victims' parents, kidnaped his son, and "brainwashed him out of insanity...
...were startled to hear their girl friends complain that they had been "knocked up" (awakened) during the night. "Say, Honey, what do you do about sex over here?" inquired a hope ful Yank in County Antrim. "Oh," said the girl, "we do be havin' our tea about that time...