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In the third case, I appreciate the writer's concession that prayer on such occasions might be valid, although I confess to confusion as to what a non-sectarian prayer is. Is that a prayer that could not possibly give offense because it says nothing that anyone could believe or...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gomes: Prayer at Harvard Is a 'Valid Expression' | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

Surely at least a minimal concession to the efficacy of prayer on such occasions must be that at least the person who prays it ought to be able to believe it. To allow for that is a small step toward that tolerance for which the writer presumably pleads and for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gomes: Prayer at Harvard Is a 'Valid Expression' | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

In an attempt to soup up that life-style, the new facilities cater to the concerns of two-earner families, staying open in the evenings, long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable. At Naperville's Leaps & Bounds, families can play together for $4.95 per child, parents free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old-Fashioned Play -- for Pay | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

When Danny Hillis built his parallel computer six years ago, the industry largely dismissed the machine as too radical. While it was able to run rings around the most powerful supercomputers by processing thousands of instructions simultaneously rather than one at a time, Hillis' machine required customized software. But with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Parallel Turn | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

A. This is not logical. I was chairman of the board of directors of a bank in Colombia and president of the board of directors of a bank in Panama. I also had the concession for Chrysler Motors for Colombia. In fact, I got that concession thanks to my dealings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day with the Chess Player | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

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