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William F. Buckley is not only a journalist, but a journalist who has written extensively about his own personal experiences; moreover, the first book Buckley ever published, God and Man at Yale , was, in part, an argument that Yale should uphold its antique tradition of inculcating Christian values and beliefs.
There is a word for organizations that obey a charismatic leader, uphold fantastic founding myths, and assemble a body of secretive lore, but Szwed can't bring himself to call the Arkestra a cult.
This deal was soon called off by the Communists, the most powerful party in parliament, who 1) feared that Yeltsin would not uphold his side of the bargain, and 2) called Chernomyrdin "an accomplice with Yeltsin in the destruction of the past years."
"The concept of the rock artist as poet--even visionary--endures, and many performers uphold the tradition in their music and dress," reads a typical one.
Meanwhile, Gandhi vehemently opposed any dismemberment of the country, and tried to keep people united by fasting to uphold the spirit of love, and by focussing on the common adversary: the British.