Word: utah
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...successfully parlayed his way into one of the country’s most highly esteemed universities and the homes of some of the wealthiest Americans, before eventually being caught and sentenced to a cell block in Arizona.In 1988, Hogue enrolled at Princeton as a self-taught ranch hand from Utah named Alexi Indris-Santana. While at Princeton, Hogue excelled at track, obtained outstanding grades, and joined the elite Ivy Club. However, Hogue had already done time in jail—in fact, had deferred his acceptance for a year because of it—and had falsified his SATs...
...neighbor moves into Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas (pop. 2,800), the customary welcome from the locals is a cake and an invitation to church or a community event. But residents found the newcomers distant and unresponsive to their gestures of friendship. Four years ago, posing as Utah businessmen, David Allred and a small group of companions said they had come to Eldorado to build a hunting and game preserve in what was once the Red Cheek Ranch. That wasn't surprising. While most people in Schleicher County work in the oil field support business, some ranch or farm...
...other experts, however, the concern is not the separation of church and state but deprogramming. The bottom line, according to Utah psychologist Dr. Larry Beall, who has worked work with women and children who have fled polygamists sects, is the FLDS is a "cult" involved in "plain ole brainwashing since birth." Says Beale, "They have been taught that anyone on the outside is untrustworthy. They are the enemy and they are going to hurt you." He adds, "My experiences with these kids is once they are out of the controlled environment they come to enjoy their freedom...
...computer software registers a streak of light (see the equipment). The artists have pointed their projectors at everything from bridges in New York City to miniature pyramids in Italy, high-rises in Hong Kong and snow-covered mountains just a few miles away from the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Video of their work can be seen until May 12 in the current MoMA exhibit "Design and the Elastic Mind," an exhibition that kicked off with a live Graffiti Research Lab demonstration at the opening night reception...
...Analysis of hair has always been a good way of telling what's going on in the body that grew it, but now it's being used more creatively than ever by forensic scientists, such as James Ehleringer and Thure Cerling, two University of Utah professors. Ehleringer, a biologist, and Cerling, who studies geology, geophysics and biology, co-founded Isoforensics, Inc. three years ago. Their company uses stable isotope analysis of forensic substances to find slight variations in chemical elements' various isotopes. (Isotopes are forms of the same chemical element with different atomic weights...