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Then, rather suddenly, a further change occurred. Beginning in 1983 the community discovered to its horror that a probable majority of U.S. teachers, both foreign born and American, had abused their authority by sleeping with their disciples. In a particularly tragic case, the American regent of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism admitted that he had infected one of his students with HIV. The student had then transmitted it to his girlfriend. The result, in many schools, was a radical democratization, with leadership often subdivided to prevent abuse, and even a certain amount of government by consensus. "It doesn...
JOHN DENVER is dead at 53 after his single-engined plane plummeted into the Pacific Ocean near Salinas, California on Sunday. The cause of the crash, so far, is a mystery. But the tragic demise of a one-of-a-kind musician begs a semi-serious cultural question: Why was John Denver never revived by retro-chic...
...ribbons were made by the Curleys' neighbors and are designed to promote awareness of the tragic circumstances surrounding the boy's death, O'Connor said...
...concert material simply because it is good, not because consummate performers like Gil Shaham like to play it. Shaham's masterful performance on Saturday night, though, drew out the piece's best qualities. Shaham began the violin solo with a rich, elegaic tone, bringing depth without melodrama to the tragic melody. He continued with a flexible tone that was glittering in his sublime upper register and lusty and rich in the low, and an impressive dynamic range that challenged the orchestra to match...
...measured by the growth of their movement alone, the award is well-deserved. The ICBL began five years ago as a loose alliance of less than five anti-land-mine groups. Today it comprises over a thousand. And despite the boost given by Diana's support and her tragic death, credit belonged Friday to another woman: American coordinator Jody Williams...