Word: virginia
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...point of the column. It's quite possible, for instance, that Wyoming will go undefeated this year and never get the chance to play in a big-time bowl with the chance to win the national title. A playoff system would allow teams such as Wyoming and West Virginia, also undefeated this year, a chance to prove how good they...
Quayle, the butt of Democratic jokes, washoping to have the last laugh. He campaigned inMaryland and Virginia before flying home toIndiana for the final appearance of his vicepresidential campaign. On Tuesday night, he said,"we'll be saying, 'Say good-night, Mike...
Quayle, who shows up as a drag on theRepublican ticket in virtually all the polls,declined invitations to appear on networktelevision and campaigned yesterday in Virginia,one of the safest Republican states where a newpoll showed Bush with a 56-25 lead...
...Dial Om for Murder" was the catchy title in Rolling Stone. The 1987 article told of drugs, sexual abuse and bodies buried helter-skelter at New Vrindaban, the 3,000-acre community built in West Virginia by members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, better known as Hare Krishnas. The journalist-authors, John Hubner of the San Jose Mercury News and Lindsey Gruson of the New York Times, who teamed up for the piece, have apparently found the association rewarding. Monkey on a Stick is their expanded, though not necessarily deepened, account of the Hindu religious movement that started...
...authors say, was killed for, among other things, withholding money from Kirtanananda. The guru has repeatedly denied involvement in either the dope business or the homicides. A New Vrindaban fringe member named Dan Reid (Daruka) and a commune enforcer, Thomas Drescher (Tirtha), are currently serving prison sentences in West Virginia for the St. Denis murder. Drescher is also awaiting a California trial for the execution of a devotee who was trying to get Kirtanananda thrown out of the movement. Kirtanananda was eventually expelled, although he remains at the head of his private cult in New Vrindaban...