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...last year was talking about a trip to the NCAA Final Four in the middle of the regular season, has certainly changed his tune. Asked what it would take for his squad to win the ECAC Championship--read beat Harvard--at the post-season tournament, Addesa said, "You can pray for a lot of miracles and it would take a lot of miracles...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Practice Makes Perfect | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...bearded and wearing black suits, protesting against the Mormons, who are building a branch of Brigham Young University on the Mount of Olives. The demonstrators raised a banner ^ addressed to him: SPEAK UP FOR THE RELIGION THAT YOU SACRIFICED YOURSELF FOR. Shcharansky looked troubled as he proceeded to pray at the sacred Western Wall of the Old City. He did not appear eager to become embroiled in a religious or political controversy. When asked later to comment on the fact that any Israeli political party would be pleased to have him as a spokesman, Shcharansky parried the question, saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West This Year in Jerusalem | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...introduced as "our own national hero, our own rescuer" and the audience estimated at more than 20,000 roared approval when Reagan hailed democracy in Grenada and declared, "When people are free, their rights to speak and to pray are protected by law, and the goons are not running the jails, they are in the jails...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Hailed as Hero in Grenada | 2/21/1986 | See Source »

...occasion was the convention of the National Religious Broadcasters. This is a group whose most resonant names--and recognizable faces--are the televangelists, the stars of the electronic church, the pastors of "Pray TV." And at one session after another, cheered on by such honored elders of the field as Billy Graham and Oral Roberts, these powerhouse preachers strutted their stuff. Jimmy Swaggart roared that the Supreme Court is "an institution damned by God Almighty" for allowing abortions. Jerry Falwell argued that "theologically, any Christian has to support Israel, simply because Jesus said to." Even White House Communications Director Patrick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Power, Glory - and Politics | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...Among Pray TV's top-rated figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Power, Glory - and Politics | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

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