Word: va
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Action" Jackson knows how to strike a deal. But none of his promotions have ever stirred such a fuss as his Christian Members Buyers Plan. A born-again Christian, Jackson sells Lincolns for $600 over dealer cost and Mercurys for a mere $250 markup to certifiable Christians in Fairfax, Va. Ministers get an even better deal, and with each sale Jackson makes a donation to the church of the buyer's choice...
...allegations could slow or even reverse the growth of Stallings' empire. Since founding his original Imani Temple, which meets in a rented community center, Stallings has established satellite congregations in Norfolk, Va., Baltimore and Philadelphia. To date he has attracted several thousand disciples, both ex-Catholics and ex-Protestants. Stallings says he gives eight or ten speeches a month around the U.S., and each time he speaks, local blacks want to set up churches. But the priest of a second African-American congregation in Washington forsook Stallings last year...
Fifth-ranked Loyola will take on fourth-rated Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., in the other first-round matchup...
Across town at the pool hall, three crooks sat around a card table playing a desultory game of seven card no peek, while waiting for the fuzz to arrive. In between dealing hands and looking for ways to cheat, Brett Langenderfer, 27, of Woodbridge, Va., explained that he was pretending to be wanted on a charge of interstate theft. When the agents stormed the building, Langenderfer tried to flee down a back stairway. "They call me the 'Rabbit' because I always run. It really gets the adrenaline going when the cops arrive, almost like rushing out of the locker room...
...work at Hogan's Alley is enough to make most role players swear off a life of crime. Says Ronald Grayson, 33, of Triangle, Va., who plays a dope peddler: "You get to see how the law works without being on the wrong end of the stick. When they twist those cuffs on you, boy, it makes you think." Hogan's Alley has a similar sobering effect on its students. Says Raymond, an agent-trainee whose last name was withheld to protect him from the genuine criminals he will encounter after he graduates: "When you arrest someone, it hits...