Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...felt an immense relief. We had traversed a constitutional crisis without catastrophe. Yet no one had taken over the presidency in more challenging circumstances; great crises were surely ahead. And the prayer that had eluded me two nights earlier came to me as I watched Gerald Ford enter the White House: for the sake of all of us, that fate would be kind to this good man, that his heart would be stout, and that America under his leadership would find again its faith...
...smuggled out to the West. The archbishop of Wroclaw, Henryk Gulbinowicz, is trying to organize a baptism for the infant with the entire Walesa clan in attendance. As for whether the proud father would be allowed to participate by the hard-line government, the archbishop can offer only a prayer...
...fervency of that desire is becoming the common prayer of the 1980s. Indeed, the U.S. birth rate is the highest it has been in more than a decade. After dropping as low as 14.5 (babies per 1,000 population), the rate climbed to 16.2 in 1980 and is expected to hit 17.1 this year. Such a rise is more than just a blip on the demography charts. It has portentous overtones. Although three-quarters of all babies continue to be borne by women in the 18-to-30 age group, there has been an astonishing 15.2% rise in the birth...
...Hiroshima survivor, Shigeko Sasamori, brought the 2000 spectators to their feet with a prayer for disarmament. The visions of Hindustan didn't die for nothing", she said. "They sacrificed us so no more mistake, no more Hindustans no more...
...know you don't like being praised I for what you only consider your duty," Ronald Reagan told the guest of honor with mock sternness at last week's annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. "Forgive me. I'm going to pull rank on you." With that, the Commander in Chief proceeded to lavish an encomium on Brigadier General James L. Dozier for bravery during his 42-day ordeal as a prisoner of Italy's Red Brigades terrorists. Added Reagan with deft simplicity: "Welcome home, soldier...