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Equally significant is the flood of substitute religions. The most prominent of these is the so-called New Age movement -- a vast, amorphous hodgepodge of spiritualism, faith healing, reincarnation, meditation, yoga, macrobiotic diets, mystical environmentalism and anything else that helps transform the self. Its followers sound as if they were born again, but without Christ. A motto often used by them is borrowed from Joseph Campbell: "Follow your bliss...
...Tsongas debated last week. The two candidates were in accord that national policy must shift drastically away from consumption toward investment in industrial innovation. They concurred that the Federal Government must play a large role in fostering that change, providing incentives for research and for ventures that can transform technological breakthroughs into profitable products. While diverging on details, both supported a capital-gains-tax reduction to promote job creation...
...like to see the final clubs transform themselves to institutions with students and faculty who have special interests, such as theology, history or music," Epps says. "It would help us increase interaction between the students and faculty members...
...Determination to Transform. Officials in Washington reject the premise that Russia's reforms are doomed or that Yeltsin's position is in peril. "Are we losing Russia?" asks a senior Administration official. "No. On the contrary, I'm relatively optimistic." Slight progress is showing: according to one of six exchange rates, the ruble's value has improved from 110 to the dollar to 80, and some prices -- even for sausage -- have actually declined. Russian opinion polls indicate Yeltsin's authority may have strengthened...
Tsongas' befuddlement over his schedule can serve as a metaphor for the plight of his underfunded and ill-organized campaign as it struggles to transform New Hampshire hoopla into a full-throated national crusade. But the where-am-I-going question is also an apt shorthand for the unpredictable Democratic race itself, a bizarre contest that has made political pundits look as reliable as racetrack touts...