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...menacing physical presence. Cabot plays up the stereotype of the dumb jock, but amidst all the gumcracking lie some very clever lines. Granted, he does stupid things, like calling Freud "Floyd." But his stupidity makes him an even more affable character. He's the only one in this clan that doesn't take all of this "smart talk" seriously...
...when a younger brother died after a ski fall, but it was he who first encouraged Pirmin to race. Pirmin's girlfriend Moni Julen, a pretty, dark-haired ski instructor from Zermatt, is a cousin of his friend Max and is accepted as part of this tight, protective mountain clan, which includes Heidi, 20, his younger sister and a downhiller on the national team. As a teenager, Pirmin spent a year cooking in the hotel kitchen, and now, during a short Christmas break, Mama Ida joshes contentedly that bookings are full, so it is good that Pirmin is there...
...There will be death, killing," predicted Vickie Singer, a leader of the polygamous clan holding out in a log cabin against some 150 police and FBI agents in Marion, Utah. When authorities finally broke the 13-day siege last week, her grim prophecy became truth. Lieut. Fred House, 35, a state prison dog handler, was killed by shots from the cabin. The clan's male leader, Addam Swapp, 27, was wounded by officers. After the exchange of gunfire, the remaining 14 family members, including nine children, surrendered without injury...
...unfolding drama framed the extremes of modern Mormon life. Utah lures skiers to the slopes of its Wasatch Mountains, but the state is also home to Fundamentalists who find the 20th century anathema. About 20 miles northeast of the ski resort of Alta, the Singer clan nursed its cheerless fantasies. Founded by John Singer, an American-born TV repairman who spent his formative years in Nazi Germany, the family first ran afoul of the law when Singer pulled his children from school to shield them from the influence of drugs and racial integration. His continued defiance...
...trouble began soon after the Singer clan watched a videotape of John's funeral. Marion's church was badly damaged by an estimated 75 lbs. of dynamite. Nearby, investigators found a feathered spear stuck into the ground with a note that read, "Jan. 18, 1979. John Singer was killed on that date." As seven adults and nine children retreated into the Singer compound, Swapp supposedly told his brother-in-law that he was responsible for the bombing. By telephone, Vickie Singer reportedly declared, "We are going to battle. Yes, there will be death, killing...