Word: connor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shouting erupted as John Cardinal O'Connor began his Sunday-morning sermon in St. Patrick's Cathedral on New York City's Fifth Avenue. "You bigot, O'Connor, you're killing us!" yelled one protester. Others stretched out in the aisles or chained themselves to pews. As police tried vainly to restore order, the Cardinal cut through the din. "Does everybody care to stand and pray?" he asked. In response the parishioners rose and chanted the Lord's Prayer at the top of their voices. As the service went on, police arrested 43 demonstrators, and carried many out on stretchers...
...York City's Cardinal O'Connor is a favorite target of AIDS and abortion- rights protesters. He is among the most outspoken of Catholic bishops in condemning homosexuality and opposing the use of condoms to prevent AIDS. He has also supported the obstructionist tactics of such antiabortion groups as Operation Rescue that block abortion clinics and harass their clients. "It's quite ironic that Cardinal O'Connor is so angry over this act of civil disobedience, when he has espoused a form of it himself," said Ellen Carton, executive director of the New York State branch of the National Abortion...
Irked by the trend, a New York state senator has proposed a law that would require an odor-proof wrapper for the fragrant flyers. "A lot of people have been suffering in silence," says senator Martin Connor, who cites 120 complaint letters. Constituents who suffer from allergies, asthma and migraine headaches claim the scented ads aggravate their symptoms. In a New York hearing last week, perfumers defended the ads. Said Michael Petrina, an industry spokesman: "We know of no scientific data linking such samples to any significant threat to the public health...
...HAMPSHIRE (74): Eric Thielen 5-2--13; Pat Manor 3-0--6; Joe Spitale 6-4--17; Bryant Davis 1-2--4; Keith Carpenter. 5-1--11; Chris O'Connor 0-0--0; Tommy Hammer 3-0--8; Greg Walker 0-0--0; Bob Cummins 1-0--2; James Ben 0-2--2; Chris Perkins...
...York City's Kennedy Airport, they were directed to a livestock warehouse where his body was forklifted off a plane in a cardboard box. No Pan Am or Government representative was present to help them. "They stripped him of his dignity," says Ahern's sister Bonnie O'Connor. "He should have come home with an American flag on his coffin...