Midgley: The Bravest Man Alive?

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Re: Midgley: The Bravest Man Alive?

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Tom wrote:He was the BMOC back in the day.

If that's the Don Lind (future Berkeley Ph.D. in astrophysics and NASA shuttle astronaut and post-retirement LDS public affairs missionary in London) and if that's the Stephen Covey (future bestselling business author and highly-paid consultant and Mormon mission president in Ireland) -- and the guys in the photo look like plausible candidates to be related to the older Lind and Covey -- the evil Mopologetic enforcer Louis Midgley was keeping fairly good company before he went off to get his Ph.D. back east.
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You neglected to mention that (1) Covey received an MBA from Harvard and a Doctorate of Religious Education from BYU; (2) and Lind performed post-doctoral study at the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, in 1975-1976.

One of Prof. Midgley's favorites:

Fawn McKay Brodie as a U of U graduate and member of the women's debate team.
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Daniel Peterson wrote:Stephen Covey (future bestselling business author and highly-paid consultant and Mormon mission president in Ireland) --


Well, at least he doesn't sell porn as part of his business portfolio.
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Re: Midgley: The Bravest Man Alive?

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Hyperbole: Most awesome rhetorical device ever?
One moment in annihilation's waste,
one moment, of the well of life to taste-
The stars are setting and the caravan
starts for the dawn of nothing; Oh, make haste!

-Omar Khayaam

*Be on the lookout for the forthcoming album from Jiminy Finn and the Moneydiggers.*
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Re: Midgley: The Bravest Man Alive?

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LifeOnaPlate wrote:Hyperbole: Most awesome rhetorical device ever?


Quote the post you're attacking, Life. Otherwise you're just spitting in the wind.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
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Re: Midgley: The Bravest Man Alive?

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LifeOnaPlate wrote:Hyperbole: Most awesome rhetorical device ever?


In case you didn't get the gist of her aside, it was a reference to J. Willard Marriott.
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Re: Midgley: The Bravest Man Alive?

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Sorry, I should clarify that my post was in reference to the thread title. Sorry to anyone who didn't catch the subtlety.
One moment in annihilation's waste,
one moment, of the well of life to taste-
The stars are setting and the caravan
starts for the dawn of nothing; Oh, make haste!

-Omar Khayaam

*Be on the lookout for the forthcoming album from Jiminy Finn and the Moneydiggers.*
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Re: Midgley: The Bravest Man Alive?

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Ray A wrote:
LifeOnaPlate wrote:Hyperbole: Most awesome rhetorical device ever?


In case you didn't get the gist of her aside, it was a reference to J. Willard Marriott.


Yeah, I caught that. I wasn't responding to anything but the overall thread title.
One moment in annihilation's waste,
one moment, of the well of life to taste-
The stars are setting and the caravan
starts for the dawn of nothing; Oh, make haste!

-Omar Khayaam

*Be on the lookout for the forthcoming album from Jiminy Finn and the Moneydiggers.*
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Re: Midgley: The Bravest Man Alive?

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Midgley and Marriott attended the U at the same time:

Marriott as a senior
“A scholar said he could not read the Book of Mormon, so we shouldn’t be shocked that scholars say the papyri don’t translate and/or relate to the Book of Abraham. Doesn’t change anything. It’s ancient and historical.” ~ Hanna Seariac
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Post by _Dr. Shades »

Wow, those are GREAT catches, Tom!

How on earth do you dredge them up so easily?
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"

--Louis Midgley
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