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Word: floorful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God's forgetfulness, never to be remembered against me anymore." After a reading of Psalm 51, David's masterpiece of poetic contrition, the extraordinary performance was over. Parishioners wept with abandon, some of them prostrate on the floor. Frances and Jimmy's friends hugged him and led him away. Shortly afterward the preacher disappeared into his luxurious 14-acre estate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Now It's Jimmy's Turn | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...Jimmy and Frances attend a large meeting, where an Assemblies of God stage show is being promoted with magazines that contain obscene pictures in their centerfolds. Jimmy cries out in protest but is ignored. He bows to weep, and when he looks up again, the auditorium is empty. The floor is littered with debris, which Jimmy starts to collect. When someone asks him what he is doing, the evangelist responds, "I am trying to clean up the church. I am trying to clean up the church." Perhaps, at last, cleanup time has really come around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Now It's Jimmy's Turn | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...bill's future is unclear. The Reagan administration strongly opposes the measure as an unconstitutional limit on a president's ability to conduct foreign policy. A similar measure is pending in the House, but has not yet reached the floor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate Kills Covert Action Initiative | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

...just playing hard and using yourexperience out on the floor," Mohler says...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Big Man, Big Stand | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

...such a problem be found in the fact that when I look at my constituents, I count them as equal human beings. Whether they be Black or white, male or female, final club members or not, matters little to me when seeking to represent their views on the council floor. And even though Mr. Orenstein seemingly does not wish for me to do so, I will continually seek to represent all students as equal members of this community. If my failure to prejudge, discriminate, and repress the views and the wishes of those in minority groups is in some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Council | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

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