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...eternity. After decades of officially sponsored atheism, the Russians remain a profoundly spiritual people. To mark the 600th anniversary of the death of St. Sergius of Radonezh, an enormous banner recently appeared on the facade of the Historical Museum in Red Square. It bore the slogan REVEREND FATHER SERGIUS, PRAY TO GOD FOR US. An outsider would see the irony in a saint occupying the spot once reserved for larger-than-life portraits of Marx and Lenin. Not a Russian. During a recent missionary crusade by U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, large crowds stood by the speaker's platform to commit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Culture: A Mind of Their Own | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

Cross your fingers and pray. The Harvard men's basketball team is hoping for a miracle this afternoon in its matchup against crosstown rival Boston College...

Author: By Peter K. Han, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: M. Hoops: Crossing Fingers & Praying | 12/5/1992 | See Source »

...about it on the air. The FCC, he charges, is "targeting me because I'm the most visible guy" and is "trying to put a dead stop to my career." When he learned that FCC chairman Alfred Sikes was being treated for prostate cancer, Stern's response was, "I pray for his death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock Jock | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Clinton and Gore should pray that bloodbath lasts as long as the Democrats' internal warring did after the failure of Jimmy Carter...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead | 11/4/1992 | See Source »

Ironically, the Kurds have one reason to pray for Saddam's survival as fervently as Bush prays for his demise. If Saddam falls, he will probably do so at the hands of his generals. By and large, they are no better than he is. Yet if they topple him, they will ask for the restoration of Iraq's sovereignty and territorial integrity. They will also insist on every dictatorship's favorite principle of international law: noninterference in internal affairs. That would mean a license to send Baghdad's bombers and troops north to crush the Kurds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Iraq: It Could Be Even Worse | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

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