Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then John Paul gave his unqualified support to the free trade union movement. "I wish to assure you," he told Walesa, "that during your difficulties I have been with you in a special way, above all through prayer, but also in every way discreetly possible." He called the creation of Solidarity "an event of great importance" and asserted that the right to form free associations is "one of the fundamental human rights." However, the Pontiff also counseled moderation, and praised the workers for their maturity "against the background of terror . . . which does not spare the lives of innocent...
...Davis, 51, is a very determined man. The managing general partner of the Oakland Raiders was one of the architects of the American Football League. As A.F.L. commissioner in 1966, he put together the merger that stopped a disastrous bidding war with the N.F.L. and led to the creation of the Super Bowl...
...chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, directed the postwar U.S. nuclear power program; of a heart attack; in New York City. A onetime public utilities lawyer, Lilienthal sold electricity cheaper than competing private firms, made TVA the nation's biggest power producer within a decade after its 1933 creation, and was equally aggressive at the AEC. One Senator accused him of running the TVA like "a Führer," and opponents used the fact that his parents came from what is now Communist Czechoslovakia to cast doubt on his loyalty. When under fire, Lilienthal, a college boxer, liked...
...Salvador's history of political upheaval, rebellion and repression began to pick up a dangerous momentum early in this century. Worker unrest resulted in the creation of a National Guard in 1912, but despite this governmental edict workers' parties only grew in number and strength. It was during this period--ten years after the First World War--that Farabundo Marti formed El Salvador's Communist Party to oppose the ruling oligarchy of foreigners and El Salvadorans willing to aid their interests. In the 50-odd years since then, tension between the workers and the government has increased...
Bottled by San Francisco's Gusher Oil Co., the creation of a former restaurateur named David Collins, the premium petroleums are available for spot orders at fashionable department stores across the country at $8 a fifth, vs. roughly two bits for a fifth of a gallon of gasoline, minus the packaging. Though the bouquet leaves much to be desired, the body and rich color are admirable. A sound addition to cellar or garage...