Word: membership
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stop. "For four months I could hardly sleep," she recalled, "worrying about the trouble I was in." Her solution was to repay the loans by working seven-day weeks for more than two years and curtailing expenses. Gone now are the twice-yearly European vacations, the expensive athletic club membership and the shopping binges in designer boutiques. Gone also is her nonmortgage debt. Says Chambre: "I'm so glad that chapter of my life is over...
...worship in Eastern Europe. Praying to God on behalf of the Slavs, he declared, "May they follow, in conformity with their own conscience, the voice of your call." John Paul noted, however, that the church posed no threat to any state. Continuing his prayer, the Pope wrote, "May their membership in the kingdom of your Son never be considered by anyone to be contrary to the good of their earthly homeland...
...described as an "eminent political figure" and also, significantly, as "one of the oldest party members." Then came the second part of Gorbachev's surprise. Gromyko's replacement as Soviet Foreign Minister would be Shevardnadze, 57, the vigorous, innovative Georgian who had been named to full Politburo membership only the previous day, filling the Romanov vacancy...
...seminaries analyze evangelistic strategies. Personal contacts are stressed. Says Catholic Archbishop Robert Sanchez of Santa Fe, N. Mex.: "They're out there ringing doorbells and going into people's homes. That's hard to beat." The Rev. Tony Arango, pastor of Florida's growing East Hialeah Baptist Church, whose membership is heavily Cuban, says, "Our witnessing is done by all our members. We believe in the aggressive approach...
...gives priority to other relatives of U.S. citizens and people with "urgently" required skills. In 1980 Congress also passed a Refugee Act that allowed the admission of as many as 70,000 additional people annually who have a "well- founded fear of persecution" on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion. The definition of exactly who qualifies as a refugee under those rules remains highly controversial. Last year 61,750 official refugees were admitted...