Word: churches
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...show, in short, is once again delivering laughs. So why, for a veteran fan, does the new Saturday Night Live still seem like a pale imitation of its old self? For one thing, the most popular bits -- Carvey's Church Lady, the body-building brothers Hans and Franz -- are the weakest parts of the show, crowd pleasers that depend on makeup gimmicks rather than nimble gags. Too many sketches are pat and obvious in ways that the old group wouldn't have tolerated (a team of ad executives, marooned on an island, worries more about meetings and market surveys than...
...streets. But since 1976 the local population has shrunk 20%, to about 35,000, and residents continue to flee to the suburbs. There are 18,103 slot machines, but no car washes, no movie theaters and only one supermarket. And on Mother's Day, people could not get to church because the Tour de Trump, a bicycle race, blocked the roads that morning...
...Klerk, 53, has been acting president since August 15, a day after he and other Cabinet ministers pressured Botha to resign after 11 years in power. De Klerk will be inaugurated Wednesday in a Pretoria church...
...money will go to four local charities which provide permanent or transition housing for the homeless: St. Paul's AME Church Housing, Shelter Inc., Cambridge Fund for Housing the Homeless and Second Home...
...Pree's approach is far removed from standard business texts. A member of the Reformed Church in America and a graduate of the church-affiliated Hope College, he fondly cites St. Luke's characterization of a leader as "one who serves" and endorses a friend's observation that "leaders don't inflict pain; they bear pain." In one chapter he asks readers to consider what makes them weep...