Word: perform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...true, says Weinstein, "that I steal jokes. But I have a very good memory and love to tell them." And he relishes the opportunity to get up and perform. "I'm available for hire if the Conservative Club wants me. No political distinctions here. And if Quincy House lets me perform at my last talent show this year. I can promise a very nice surprise...
...Reagan juices were flowing when the President sat down a fortnight ago at his ranch to give one of his radio exhortations. When he saw the mike, he was seized by a latent actor's impulse to perform. And because the topic of the hour was the Polish government's move to outlaw Solidarity, his molten aversion to Communism bubbled to the surface. To test the sound equipment and his own pipes, he said firmly: "My fellow Americans, yesterday the Polish government, a military dictatorship, a bunch of no-good lousy bums...
...exemplar of priestly discipline and self-giving, and of Christian virtue in a century of inhumanity. Saints are usually not proclaimed till at least 50 years after the process begins. Kolbe reached beatification, the next-to-last step, in 1971, as Paul VI became the first Pontiff to perform such a ceremony personally. After beatification, the church must normally document two miracles resulting from prayers to the candidate to intercede with God. John Paul removed the need for that by proclaiming Kolbe not only a "confessor" but a martyr, a Christian who died for his faith. As it happened there...
Although Princeton trounced Harvard. Haggerty believes his squad will perform well in the Hectagonal Championships next Friday at Van Courtlandt Park, New York. The Ivy schools, along with Army and Navy, will compete...
...justly condemn those who could have prevented the Nazi Holocaust but looked the other way. Should we use a different standard when Israelis allow the Christian militiamen to perform terror...