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Word: obeying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impotent homosexual. He's a Columbia student who forays nightly to Christopher St. with the words of his long-dead father ringing in his ears: "You know what you have to do..." So he kills; to please his father, to expiate his self-hatred, his homosexuality, to obey the Catholic commandments he reads religiously, he hunts on Christopher St. for sacrificial victims. After each stabbing he mutters to the ghost of his father, "You made...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Nights in Black Leather | 2/19/1980 | See Source »

...Father Hans küng and Father Edward Schillebeeckx have learned, the more the Catholic Church changes, the more it remains the same. Vatican II was supposed to give scope to intellectual freedom, ecumenism and concern for human rights. Nevertheless, the marching orders for Catholics remain: Pray, pay, obey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1980 | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

When your bride is mayor of San Francisco, must you promise to love her honor and obey? Maybe so, when it's Dianne Feinstein's administration. Bridegroom Richard Blum, 44, an investment banker who met Widow Feinstein, 46, when they were brought together to discuss finances, joined the lady in her mayoral chambers last week to share a prenuptial toast. After the wedding and a reception to which tout San Francisco was invited, Blum will discover what it means to take on city hall. The honeymoon includes four days in Washington, where the mayor plans a series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 28, 1980 | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

...nation voted for the Islamic Republic, and everyone should obey. If you do not obey, you will be annihilated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Portrait of an Ascetic Despot | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

...President. But the alliance between the two Marxists soon broke down. After only two months as Deputy Prime Minister under Taraki, Karmal was sent into virtual exile as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. When Taraki stripped him of his citizenship and tried to call him home, Karmal refused to obey the summons. Had he returned to Kabul, Karmal almost certainly would have been executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Moscow's New Stand-in | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

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