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Word: godly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...acting Christ-like isn't easy, Holpuch, a second-year member of FCA, says. "In general, to be an athlete you have to have almost a conceited belief in your own abilities, so it's hard for people to recognize they need God." she says. Recognizing that her athletic prowess came from God makes her confident but humble at the same time...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: The Team Spirit | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

...God Is On the Side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Elections Draw Moderate Turnout at Polls | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

...distinctly embryonic state. The two title characters (Frederick Neumann and Bill Raymond) are as close as barstool buddies, and they stumble and blather about in a bleak inscape of metaphysical despair. Despite intermittent japery, they are triste, petulant atheists who resent the fact that they haven't found God in their Christmas stockings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Triste Couple | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Lieut. General Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigeria strongman, after handing over the government to civilians and retiring to his farm: "I went, I served, I accomplished and I returned. Thanks be to God...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: On the Record | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

There is the story of one Gene Conley, pitcher for the '62 Sox and forward for the Celtics during the off-season, who left the Red Sox for 68 hours, contemplating the possibility of going "to Bethlehem, Israel," to get "nearer to God." He was drunk and tired, they said. But Conley was sick of his two-sport grind, and he admitted later that "religion saved me. I became a Seventh Day Adventist. I would have been a first-class drunk. I would have blown everything. I was going pretty fast for a lot of years. So I've kind...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Heroes and Fools | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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