Word: amens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...edge of the minister's solemn dark surplice as he sweeps up into the pulpit and the choir and organ thunder the last amen can be seen the orange and black seal of the university, and below it Princeton's motto...
...fervent amen to Frank Trippett's Essay, "Time to Reflect on Blah-Blah-Blah" [Dec. 22]. Being an avid baseball fan, I find it excruciating to have to listen to the patter of a sports announcer who seems to choose the most awkward time of the game to give out with a rush of statistics that go back 20 years...
...that, at least for the moment. For the moment New York may still be going broke, but nobody is saying so above a whisper, and the desperate, adamant I LOVE NEW YORK of three years back sounds suddenly sincere, almost giddy. In the four years since the Democrats sighed amen to Jimmy Carter, New York has reduced its debt (considerably), improved its cultural life (remarkably), raised its housing costs (out-of-sightedly), increased its industry (selectively), supported a new mayor (mostly), cleaned up after itself (doggedly) and become a happier place to live (generally). There are naysayers (naturally) and data...
...Samuel Walker Jr., a local Baptist minister, demanded silence of everybody in the room, bellowing: "All the ministers! All the newsmen!" As they gathered around, he prayed: "Help us, O Master, not to become angry but to love in times like these." Several people in the audience shouted: "Amen...
...prayer, written by Thomas Jefferson, concluded with, "In Jesus Christ our Lord we pray, Amen...