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...that man is afraid to unlock the door to himself. I am not one who has to be afraid. My opponents can't beat me. They are based on negativity. I am positivity. When they hate, I love. I send out waves of love to them. I pray for them. They hate me so much they can't eat and they can't sleep. But I laugh, I play tennis, I play cricket, I do yoga exercises, I dance, and I am happy inside. Very happy." Patting his flat stomach and flexing his muscles, he added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GRENADA: Let Them Eat Bananas | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

...Time to Pray. As for the House Judiciary Committee, Nixon did not mention specifically its impeachment inquiry. Instead, he delicately conceded that the committee has "a special responsibility." Then Nixon drew premature applause from both sides of the House by saying: "I will cooperate with the Judiciary Committee in its investigation But as the clapping died, Nixon threw in a critical qualification: " in any way I consider consistent with my responsibilities for the office of the presidency." He will do nothing, he explained, that "weakens the office of the President." Nixon then repeated an earlier vow: "I have no intention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: The President Performs Under Pressure | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

Later, Nixon drew on other sources of sustenance. At a national prayer breakfast, he suggested: "What all of us need to do, and what this nation needs to do, is to pray in silence and listen to God to find out what he wants us to do." Welcoming a group of pro-Nixon demonstrators outside the White House, the President's daughter, Mrs. Edward Cox, expressed "outrage" at the criticism of her father and added: "Why should he resign? He hasn't done anything wrong." At Tricia's side, Ed Cox declared that Nixon is the victim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: The President Performs Under Pressure | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

...electric apprehension filled the room as Joe Whelan, a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (N.U.M.) national executive, rose to speak. "As far as I'm concerned," he began, "I'm preachin' to the converted. But let us pray: O Lord above, send down a dove, and on his wings place razors, to cut the throats of those nasty blokes, who cut down miners' wages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Miners' Tough Choice | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

...crown, Casement had nourished a hatred of the English that was to become, in Inglis' word, a "monomania." Now he proclaimed on the eve of World War I that Britain and Russia had ganged up on Germany in a new Holy Alliance to despoil the Old World. "I pray," he wrote, "for the Salvation of Germany night and day-and God Save Ireland now is another form of God Save Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Imparfit Gentil Knight | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

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