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...alongside evolution in Arkansas and Louisiana classrooms have run into trouble with the courts, but effort to add an ideological tenor to public instruction continue. Last summer Congress approved a measure denying federal desegregation funding to school districts teaching "secular humanism." The bill, introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), does not define exactly what "secular humanism" is, but one opponent of the measure suggested it would apply to "attention given, in literature courses, to erotic themes; emphasis, in American history courses, on unequal distribution of wealth; the prevalence in schools of wealth atheistic philosophy' that is at war with...
Burr believes strongly in what he calls the perfection imperative, the desire to be better. He stopped smoking a year and a half ago; he trains for the marathon every morning; on his upcoming ski trip to Utah, his first extended vacation in five years, he plans to reflect on "life-style improvement to improve my efficiency...
Sharlene Wells, a student at Brigham Young, believes, "Because we have conservative values, people underestimate us. But this is Utah's time." She is the current Miss America and finds it "refreshing there is a team that wins all of its games without getting drunk the night before." As the mythical national championship is a kind of beauty contest, a parallel here is hard to resist. Both Wells and the Cougars represent something of an alternative to scandal...
...Osmond family has always had a good sense for business. In 1977 Donny, Marie and five of their brothers built a state-of-the-art recording and television production complex in Orem, Utah. The family sold it two years...
RECONCILED. Marie Osmond, 25, wholesome pop singer; and Stephen L. Craig, 28, real estate salesman and her husband of 2½ years, from whom she had "temporarily separated" last month; in Provo, Utah...