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Tedious Ted.(Ted Turner,)(Brief Article)

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Is Ted Turner, who owns more cattle range than anyone in America, suffering from "foot in mouth" disease? On Ash Wednesday, seeing foreheads touched with ash at work, he began babbling about "Jesus freaks." It's not his first swipe at Christianity. If he ever met Pope John Paul II, he said, he would ask if the pontiff had ever seen a Polish mine detector--then ...

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