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...Internal Revenue Service should study the Mormon church's use of power and guilt to collect a 10% tithe from its members. The IRS might find out what happens to church members who fall short of the 10%: privileges and positions are withheld; there is no admission to any temple; and they cannot reach the top rank of the three levels of heaven. TRACY A. BREEDING Denton...
...practices are not revealed to converts before baptism. Like every other cult, Mormonism gains psychological control by undermining self-trust. Your photograph of the young celebrant with arms raised and fists clenched says it all. Imagine trying to discuss your personal problems with a guy like that. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Salt Lake City, Utah...
...ORLEANS: In what could set the stage for one of the largest class-action payouts in U.S. history, a jury yesterday ruled Dow Chemical withheld information about the potential dangers of the implants. Dow Chemical, the parent company of the implant producer Dow Corning, had claimed it had no involvement in the product's testing. The verdict in the first breast implants class-action lawsuit to go to trial opens the door for a complex legal process in which 1,800 women are seeking money for immune system related aches and pains...
...What really hurts, of course, is the $40 million in monthly tax revenues withheld by Israel, leaving the better part of the Palestinian Authority working pro bono. A defiant Arafat said exactly that on Thursday in a speech to some Israeli Arabs in Ramallah. "You have 220,000 Palestinians who are not able to bring food to their families...
...more people were afraid to express their true feelings to strangers and in front of TV cameras. If Hong Kong had not been a British colony, it would most likely be a typical Chinese city today: shoddily built and polluted, instead of the clean, architectural showpiece it is. NAME WITHHELD ON REQUEST San Diego...