Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Indians gathered for an unusual ritual. After three younger members of the tribe hollowed out a bit of earth, a Yurok leader reverentially placed seven bags in the hole. Ella Norris, 83, the tribe's oldest member, moved forward. Raising her eyes toward the sky, she said a prayer in English and in the language of her forebears: "We are sorrowful for the sacrilegious actions of the past. May these remains lie peacefully at rest forever...
...MUSE just stared darkly into his glass of beer, And said, "No, no, there'd be no Christmas this year." "You see," the muse murmured, "Santa goes through the air, With the guidance of more than reindeer and prayer. He crosses the world above the ozone, But never does Santa travel alone. When each December he sets out to service The old, the young, the cocky, the nervous, The yachtsmen, the hoopsters, and even the bowlers, Claus depends on the wisdom of air traffic controllers! Since America's leader started union-busting, There's no one left for Nick...
...clerical battle lines have not been clearly drawn. But there have been struggles between the Islamic Guards, the clergy's private army, and the Friday Prayer Leaders, Khomeini's personal representatives throughout Iran. And in recent weeks a number of right-wing clergymen have agitated publicly for a share of political power, now monopolized by the ruling, Khomeini-backed Islamic Republic Party (I.R.P.). One source of their discontent: Khomeini's announcement on Oct. 12 that he was delegating some functions of the cherished Velayat-e-Faqih (Supreme Theologian's Mandate)* to the Majlis (parliament...
...members of Central Asian minorities who speak languages related to Farsi, behave like true Muslim believers. "We are Muslim brothers and must help one another," is the KGB line in the Saltanatabad spy school. The Soviet instructors even pray with their students, while ostentatiously riffling through their traditional Muslim prayer beads...
Fitzwilly's. on Elm St. was a little too chic for our tastes, and a little too crowded. The food is moderately priced and pretty good, but after about 10 p.m., you don't have a prayer of reaching the bar. You only know Fitzwilly's is Fitzwilly's if someone tells you so, because the sign outside says only "This is a Restaurant." Sound silly? Case Closed...