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Word: mother (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even though I am the mother of two small children, I cannot begin to understand Anita Bryant's reasoning regarding homosexual rights. She is so worried about homosexuals serving as teachers. Quite frankly, I believe that if my son is not safe in a classroom with a male homosexual teacher, then surely my daughter is not safe with a male heterosexual teacher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 4, 1977 | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

...trading deadline neared, Seaver had second thoughts and appealed to Mets President Lorinda de Roulet. daughter of the late Joan Whitney Payson, the club's founder. "Tom had at least four conversations with Mother," said Whitney de Roulet, 23, a Mets public relations aide. "I felt that the talks were working out well and that Tom would remain with us." Indeed, Seaver left the dugout the night before he was traded to confer by telephone with Mrs. De Roulet. An agreement was apparently worked out. But next day, Seaver heard about a story by New York News Sports Columnist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: How the Franchise Went West | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

Sylvia returns fully assembled in Gaspard de la Nuit as the mother of a lonely teen-age boy who wanders the streets of Barcelona whistling a complex piece by Ravel. Music is to young Mauricio what fashion is to Sylvia and what the perfect apartment is to Roberto and Marta: a way of erasing the outside world. It is also a way of severing Mauricio from his dull, affluent life. The tale ends with a prince-and-the-pauper twist, when he changes places with an urchin who is his double...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shadow Play | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

Leading the crusade, Bryant argued that the statute condoned homosexuality, which she claimed was against God's law. The mother of four children, Bryant scored most heavily when she claimed that the ordinance would force principals to hire homosexual teachers who could lead their pupils astray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Enough! Enough! Enough!' | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...when John Neumann is canonized by Pope Paul. John Cardinal Krol, Neumann's successor six times removed in the Philadelphia see, will join the Pope in celebrating Mass for some 20,000 people. Back home, Apostolic Delegate Jean Jadot will conduct Mass at the Aston, Pa., mother house of a nuns' order founded by Neumann, while ethnic delegations will parade to the Philadelphia shrine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Saint They Almost Overlooked | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

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