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...points to a nearby hillock and notes that from it Jordanian artillery gunners used to fire on Israelis living in Tel Aviv twelve miles away. By settling this region, he insists, Israelis are preventing the enemy guns from returning to that hillock. Giora Reuveny, 30, is a member of Tomer, a budding Jewish settlement in the sunny Jordan Valley; proudly surveying his six acres of corn, tomatoes and eggplants, he admits to the appeal of the good life at Tomer. Ruth Berchlingue, 46, a French-born Jew, came to Kiryat Arba for religious reasons, and cites Genesis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: West Bank: The Cruelest Conflict | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

...First Church of God in tiny (pop. 6,800) Benton, Ill., has a new patron saint of sorts: Elvis Presley. The fundamentalist church's affiliation with the late rock star began last February when the Rev. Lloyd Tomer was faced with a $1 million debt from the building of his new chapel. The 500 parishioners were praying daily for the Lord to show them some way to pay their debt when, according to Tomer, God answered in the person of one Robert Philpot, a Dallas oilman. In search of a promotion gimmick to introduce his new engine additive, called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: God and Elvis in Illinois | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...times God says to me, 'Go get 'em, Tiger,' and I go get 'em," says Tomer. As a fund raiser, "this sure beats chili suppers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: God and Elvis in Illinois | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

Whereas some other cities, notably Detroit, have plunked sports stadiums in the suburbs, Louisiana decided early on that the dome's maximum economic benefit could be realized by placing it in a seedy, archaic industrial area (which is no more). Most of all, its accessibility benefits the cus tomer; indeed, it was designed as a "people place." As the plans evolved, it was agreed that it would not be just a foot ball palace, but a multipurpose sporting-business-conven tion-cultural center that could revitalize the sensual, sickly Blanche DuBois of cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Superdome Named Desire | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

...beginning, nobody but the cus tomer had a good word to say about dis count houses. But it has been found that when a discount buyer pays less than he had expected for a TV set or refrigerator, he is usually in the mood to spend the extra money on other goods. Discounters thus contribute their bit to economic growth every time they induce a customer to swap dollars for goods that he would not have bought had prices been higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: Everybody Loves a Bargain | 7/6/1962 | See Source »

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