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From a pay phone in Morristown, N.J., Kreimer keeps in contact with the producers who toil for the giants of television talk in a campaign to bring his message to the electronic masses. He is a homeless man with a story to tell, complete with a high-concept synopsis: He Took On a Town Without Pity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Of His Own Sad Comedy: RICHARD KREIMER | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

Senior History and Literature concentrators bade farewell to months of research and nights of toil yesterday as they turned in their theses at Burr Hall and uncorked bottles of champagne...

Author: By Michelle K. Hoffman, | Title: Seniors Submit Theses to Hist. and Lit. | 2/29/1992 | See Source »

...Some toil over test tubes in their laboratories. Others can be found perusing dusty volumes of ancient texts. Eventually, they all write lengthy tomes about their area of expertise...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, | Title: Work Hard, Play Hard | 11/16/1991 | See Source »

Since 1969, Southern Mutual has worked to improve the lives of those who toil in the fields. Back then, many farmworkers lived behind the "cane curtain" in self-contained plantations with names such as the Bottoms, Oxford and Dog Quarters, filled with rented shacks reminiscent of the tarnished side of the antebellum era. The field hands were paid with chits and exchanged the paper for goods at overpriced company stores. Since crops are seasonal, the field hands ran up large tabs, which were then deducted from their pay and resulted in a lifetime of indenture. Those who quit were ordered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Four Corners, Louisiana Raise High The Roof Beam | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

...reaches the critical mass of 1,000 members, sheer size alone enables it to lure more followers. But what is it that gets growth going in the first place? Not glitz, Vaughan insists, but "a biblical vision of reaching a city for Jesus," plus plenty of old-fashioned evangelistic toil and mass-media savvy. Geography also helps. Big-growth churches develop mostly in Sunbelt states or near limited-access highways in growing suburbs with zoning boards that are willing to foster expansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Superchurches And How They Grew | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

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