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While Jews every-where hope and pray for peace, many of us worry that without extreme prudence, the agreement could lead to a foothold on the mountain ridges of the West Bank for terrorist attacks on the Israeli population...

Author: By Martin Lebwohl, | Title: Israel's Security Is Paramount | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...Almighty God, we ask that you bless our parents, teachers and country throughout the day. In your name we pray. Amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Without a Prayer | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...lawsuit on behalf of the students and perhaps take it all the way to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Governor Fordice, a Republican who once raised a national uproar by referring to America as "a Christian nation," is zealously exploiting the issue, declaring, "Any place that Americans want to pray ought to be the place for prayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Without a Prayer | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

Fordice's critics say prayer is already allowed in schools: students may pray silently by themselves; they just can't force others to join them. At Wingfield, however, even though 96 kids voted against the measure, everyone had to listen. Says Lynn Watkins, director of the Mississippi American Civil Liberties Union: "What ((Fordice)) wishes to see is his view of religious freedom, which invades and tramples the rights of others." Some black leaders are wary that black supporters of the drive for school prayer are being sold antebellum values cloaked as piety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Without a Prayer | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...thatsimple. Recipe is a slam-dance soundtrackwell stocked with memorable hooks and defiantlyrics. At its best, the album is comparable toAgainst the Grain or No Control. Andwhile it is blighted by some real duds--theFugazi-inspired "All Good Soldiers" comes tomind--Recipe is chock full of terrifictunes. "Don't Pray on Me" is a lilting wail aboutthe L.A. Riots which manages to work in mentionsof Daryl Gates, South Vietnam, Moses and MarilynMonroe. "Skyscraper," a crowd favorite at lastmonth's show at Avalon, is a straight ahead rockerwhich colonized the ear with its soaring andsimple chorus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The revival is here | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

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