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...acres, past the wheat fields and down by the river, or sits near a statue of the Madonna, watching white-tailed deer dance by and listening to bullfrogs, Nolan says she finds peace. "It's mine, just my time," she says. "I can sit, think and pray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Thee To a Monastery | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...tops and flip-flops, to see where Webster debated and wars were declared and National Mushroom Month was inscribed onto the nation's calendar. Boy Scouts pose for pictures, senior citizens wear buttons and troll for a Congressman to pester, Pentecostal pilgrims deliver copies of the Ten Commandments and pray outside on the lawn, heavyweight champs and movie stars with a cause and CEOs come to call and oh, yes--the lawmakers themselves can walk the halls unmolested because no one really recognizes them unless they have a ribbon of reporters around them. The People have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder In The House | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...fires make such rapid advances that it's not feasible to put men in there," says Steve Parsons of the Florida emergency-management agency. "We've got to get those long-term rains to get some moisture in the ground." Last week the Governor asked the state to pray for rain. The prayers may have been answered. Over the weekend, scattered showers and sea breezes helped firefighters begin to get a handle on the blazes, and rain was forecast for this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida Inferno | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...amendment, sponsored by Oklahoma Republican Ernest Istook, proposed to stretch freedom of religion far beyond the after-school clubs and private prayer already allowed under federal guidelines. It insisted that "the people's right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage or traditions on public property, including schools, shall not be infringed." Worried opponents -- including plenty of religious organizations -- envision a turf war between faiths being fought on school grounds. In Istook's version of the future, they say, the most urgent religious freedom may be freedom from religion, not freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Church and State Collide in the House | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Faye Yager is a saint for helping Ellen Dever and other refugees like her. I pray that Dever and her daughters can lead a peaceful life somewhere without Shah's interference. TIME, however, has made this all the more difficult by publishing photos of his daughters and their mother, giving Shah, for free, assistance that even his money couldn't buy! NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Denville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 1, 1998 | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

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