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...feudally hierarchic side of Mormonism that helps lead to its political conservatism. The impact of revelations depends on one's position in the church: Prophet Kimball's revelations can change all Mormon doctrine (Prophet Wilford Woodruff did just that on the polygamy questions in the 1890s, after a federal crackdown on polygamy sent many prominent Mormons to prison.) The revelations of the head of the Boston stake (or diocese) will affect the stake (in the choice of a branch president, for example), and each individual's revelations are restricted to his or her self and family. "My experience with...
...only person who can do it." For the time being at least, many of India's 600 million people are willing to go along with the Prime Minister. This year's harvest will be good, and prices, thanks to the government's tight money policy and crackdown on black marketeers, are down. Moreover, the government announced last week that the emergency had produced one windfall: voluntary disclosures of "black money" (undeclared and untaxed income) have so far amounted to $1.7 billion. Of that, the government will reap $350 million in taxes-which will just about wipe...
Continuing his crackdown on student-tutor cohabitation, William R. Hutchison, master of Winthrop House, orders Buildings and Ground to reverse the peepholes in all suite doors...
More than most businesses, massage parlors are constantly adjusting to new -and unusual-market conditions. Los Angeles County attempted a crackdown by requiring masseuses to pay $300 for a two-month training course and produce letters of recommendation from five solid citizens. One result: a switch in operations to nude encounter groups, an "indoor nudist colony," and "outcall massage" services like Hollywood's Chick Delight, which advertises "finger-lickin' good" women who home-deliver "snack boxes of breasts, thighs, white meat and dark." Another L.A. outcall service sets prices according to the skills and dimensions of the woman...
...crackdown also came as conservative Premier Carlos Arias Navarro, confirmed by the king two days ago to continue as head of government, prepared to pick a new cabinet...