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Several of the performers also seem larger inside than out B.J. Jefferson's "Bless the Lord" and her numerous minor numbers prove that a theater filling voice can come from inside one woman Jefferson moves easily from upbeat rock to five and soul in "Bless the Lord," and "B.J." call the actors use their own names for their characters dominates many of the parables Debra Hauptman is also solid as a sensual, slightly raunchy but still endearing Debra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: All for the Best | 2/12/1983 | See Source »

...tell you something about machines in American history. No, don't walk away; won't take half a minute. We may have turned into what looks like a nation of doohickeys, but that isn't what we had in mind at the start. What our forefathers (bless 'em) wanted was the land, not machines, the great, wide, beautiful land that was thought to go on forever. When the machines came clanging along, they were supposed to let folks enjoy the land more, the green grass and the blue water. Only they got out of hand, you see, until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New World Dawns | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...nation. He has called on Polish parishioners in the blue-collar suburb of Cicero, conducted a prayer service in honor of the city's Hispanics, mingled with crowds at an ethnic-heritage Mass and family picnic in Grant Park and appeared in full ecclesiastical garb to bless Catholic charismatics. He has alternately pressed the flesh of the faithful and turned a sympathetic ear to complaints about parochial-school funds and church closings. However distressing the nuclear dilemma may be to him, Bernardin feels called, first and foremost, to make peace in his own parishes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: I Am Just a Symbol | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

...individual and his or her disability. A common one is the conception of students with disabilities as being "afflicted." People often view anyone with a visible disability--such as cerebral palsy or a mobility disability--as a pitiful and diminutive Tiny Tim figure. These are the people who bless you on the street, who ask your friends questions directed at you ("And what would she like to order?") or have praise for your "wonderful courage and achievements...

Author: By Rani Kronick, | Title: Barriers to Equal Access | 11/24/1982 | See Source »

...land slide reelection victory. "Welcome Class of '72," a banner read. "The guest, the Times wrote, "did not talk about Watergate." Instead, Rose Marx Woods saluted her old boss as "the most honorable man this country ever produced." "After a standing ovation, the group joined hands and sang 'God Bless America. Nixon then strode to a piano and played 'Let me Call You Sweetheart.'" He ended his remarks by quoting Theodore Roosevelt. "The credit," Nixon began, "belongs to the man...who, at the worst, if he jails, at least jails while daring greatly." Many eyes filled with tears...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Reunion | 11/19/1982 | See Source »

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