Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prayer uttered in the classroom will contain the love of an evening prayer with a parent. Teachers should not lead worship; ministers and parents should...
...amazed by the misinterpretations of the 1962 Supreme Court decision banning prayer in the classroom. There is no federal, state or local statute that prevents a child who is so inclined from praying during lunch, recess or on any occasion during the school day so long as it does not interfere with his educational activity...
Right now, you haven't got the votes out there to pass the Lord's Prayer." So said Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin last week, ruefully contemplating the spectacle of a sadly divided House of Representatives trying to come up with some kind of budget compromise. In a week of legislative chaos, the House debated seven different budget plans for fiscal 1983 and voted every last one of them down; none came within even 24 votes of passage...
...influence was made by Pope John Paul II. On the eve of a long-scheduled six-day visit to Britain, the Pontiff announced that he would also visit staunchly Roman Catholic Argentina. In a letter to President Galtieri, John Paul promised that his British visit would be "an incessant prayer in favor of peace...
...According to Riva, the town's patriotism "has never been higher, but there is increasing anxiety that war may affect this haven of peace in ways none dare predict." Father Fidencio Gago, the parish priest, was holding a special Mass every evening, leading the community in a simple prayer: "We beseech you, Mary, Holy Mother of Christ, that peace will come soon...