Word: christian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remind voters that the F.M.L.N. remains a force to be reckoned with. The election of moderate President Jose Napoleon Duarte in 1984 seemed to promise an end to the grueling war. But failed talks with the rebels and charges of official corruption have dissipated the popularity of Duarte's Christian Democratic Party. ARENA has strongly rebounded and seems likely to corner the votes this time. But many observers foresee a runoff for the presidency between ARENA's Alfredo Cristiani and the Christian Democratic candidate Fidel Chavez Mena...
...that Kohl carried on with Washington for nearly two weeks seemed to gather strength from other issues. These include U.S. pressure to continue low-flying Air Force exercises over West German territory, despite several accidents that have claimed civilian lives. Said Volker Ruhe, deputy parliamentary leader of Kohl's Christian Democratic Party: "These shrill tones show that the ice has become much thinner...
Marilyn, 39, is made of sterner stuff than her playful, easygoing husband. Both her parents were doctors; she was the fourth of six children, brought up in a strict Christian household in Indianapolis. The Tuckers became followers of a conservative Fundamentalist preacher, "Colonel" Robert B. Thieme Jr., and Marilyn grew up listening to Thieme's tapes. She has dissociated herself from Thieme's more reactionary social teachings, but defends his biblical teachings...
...young literary lions, Andrew Norman Wilson, 38, has been busiest at marking his territory. Since the mid-1970s he has published eleven satiric novels, plus biographies of John Milton, Sir Walter Scott, Hilaire Belloc, and last year's much and justly praised Tolstoy. In addition, Wilson has written about Christian theology and religious affairs (How Can We Know?; The Church in Crisis...
...documented the find, our work is done," said De Marinis with a sigh, "but from the public's point of view, covering up is the opposite of what's being done in the rest of Europe. The tendency is to leave it open to see." Already, a 5th century Christian church and a Roman fabric-dyeing plant are back under sand...