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...patent attorney, Wilson was born in Manhattan but has lived most of his life in suburban Yonkers. A devout Roman Catholic who attends Mass every day, he graduated from Fordham Law School. At 24, Wilson won a seat in the state assembly. He acquired a reputation as a meticulous, sometimes plodding legislator who epitomized conservatism in both politics and private life...
Close all churches during winter months. There are over 200 churches in my own county alone. We are told that no one will have to be cold in his own home this winter. Why not revert to the practice of pioneer days when devout people worshiped in each other's homes? This might well be a better way of saving fuel than disrupting school systems or laying off thousands of employees in so-called "dispensable" industries, as has been suggested...
Durham, N.H.--A capacity crowd of 4000 devout Wildcat fans watched the University of New Hampshire come from behind to edge Harvard's varsity hockey team last night, 3-2, in Snively Arena here...
Last week Sadat was directing the fighting from an office at army headquarters on the edge of Cairo, where he is residing for the duration of the war. A devout Moslem who has made the hadj (pilgrimage) to the holy places of Mecca, Sadat observed the strict Ramadan fast. Most days he napped from 4 until 6 in the afternoon, then worked late into the night holding operations meetings with his staff. He has a reputation for listening closely to his generals and of deferring to their expertise; but he makes the decisions himself...
...Cairenes seem affected mostly by what the war has done to their observance of Ramadan-the holy month of Islam during which devout Moslems abstain totally from food, drink and tobacco from sunrise to sunset. From Cairo, TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn reports that "normally, Ramadan nights are more lively than the days. The Cairene's habit is to have an enormous 'lunch' at about 2 a.m. and go out on the town celebrating. But now, because of the war, restaurants shut at 11 p.m., as do most cabarets...