Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...speech, Goldwater accused the Moral Majority and its kind of giving conservatism a bad name. "The religious issues of these groups [abortion, school prayer] have little or nothing to do with conservative or liberal politics," he said. "They are diverting us away from the vital issues that our Government needs to address," such as "national security and economic survival." To drag theological questions into public debate, in Goldwater's view, is dangerously unAmerican. Said he: "One of the great strengths of our political system always has been our tendency to keep religious issues in the background...
...budget cuts. He looked around the table during one meeting, and for a second the warm mood faded. "Let's get one thing straight," he told his congressional visitors. "If budget-busting bills come down, I will veto them." After gathering his Cabinet officers for some exhortation and prayer, the President ordered them to stand fast. His benediction: "We knew it would never be easy...
...Arab-Israeli war and was then trained by Matta in the 1950s to become a monk. Shenouda, says Matta, is the best educated Pope in church history. But, he adds, "Shenouda's appointment was the beginning of the trouble. The mind replaced inspiration, and planning replaced prayer. For the first years I prayed for him, but I see the church is going from bad to worse because of his behavior...
...Some of the measures, Senate Bill 158 among them, would prevent federal district and appellate courts from hearing cases involving any new state antiabortion statutes. Others, like Senate Bill 481 and House Bill 865, would limit the jurisdiction of the whole federal judiciary, the Supreme Court included, in school prayer cases...
That night, just before she went onstage at the Kennedy Center, she whispered a little prayer: "Man Dieu, aidez moi." Born in Paris, Colbert likes to speak to God directly-in his native tongue. But nothing worked that day. Her timing, perfect the night before, was off ever so slightly, and she even fluffed a couple of lines. Getting up early the next morning to read the Washington Post, she was stunned by a savage review, and almost immediately began throwing up. "Have you seen the newspaper?" she asked an interviewer that afternoon. "Is it true? Tell me frankly." After...