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...from Milton, held a handmade sign that read I LOVE YOU, JOHN PAUL II. Why did she and her family pick this spot? "Because he'll have to slow down to turn the corner." One sign stood out even more than the big WITAM, JAN PAWEL II placard above LaSalle's bar. VIVA EL PAPA it read. And in small letters below LOS CUBANOS. "I am from Miami Beach," the old woman said who held it. "I am Cuban." She was Noemi Sarmenteros, 75 years old, and she lived with her son in Florida. But she had made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope In America: Uphams Corner: A Brief Encounter | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...Aikens later wrecked his knee, and is out for the year. The last straw was the injury to Pitcher Jim Barr (10-12), one of eight Angels who have signed contracts of over $1 million. After the team clinched the Western title last week, a young fan waved a placard at Barr, who swiped at it. Of course, he damaged the knuckles of his pitching hand, and will miss the playoffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Those High-Flying Angels | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...Pope rode into Warsaw aboard an open, bus-type van, hundreds of thousands of Poles cheered and threw bright flowers in his path. One youth was applauded when he held up a placard: NATION WITH THE CHURCH AND CHURCH WITH THE NATION. At the historic St. John's Cathedral, the congregation broke through ropes and mobbed the Pontiff. The day's climax was an open-air Mass for up to 500,000 people at downtown Victory Square. When John Paul declared, "Without Christ it is impossible to understand the history of Poland," the crowd burst into applause that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Joyous Welcome for a Native Son | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

...bitter and theatrical. One night some parents carried in a child's coffin: while placard-bearing children blew out candles, a parent read a statement foretelling the death of a school because the board had marked the principal for dismissal. Other nights featured debates pitting blacks against whites, those who valued music instruction against those who wanted foreign languages. It was neighborhood against neighborhood, teachers against administration, north Evanston vs. south Evanston. "We may have generated more hostility and more unfulfilled expectations by opening debate than if we had never asked for opinions," says Board Member Mary Anne Wexler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: More Losers Than Winners | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

...third floor, under Hubbard's picture, hangs a placard reading, "You can always write to Ron." The placard states...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Scientology's Way: Linking Soul and Science | 2/23/1979 | See Source »

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