Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter how attractive it is, this bill doesn't have a prayer of passing in its entirety. During economically ailing times, in the face of rising public conservatism, it is highly unlikely that such a progressive program will gain widespread support. The purpose of Big Business Day and the introduction of the Corporate Democracy bill is to call attention to the abuses of corporate power and the means available to put an end to them; but the implications of "free" enterprise are as deeply rooted as the corporations themselves. Although the effects of the Corporate Democracy Act are sorely needed...
...canisters are reborn as land mines. But resourceful handicraft is limited by backwardness. In a rebel village one evening, during prayers, two dusty field radios were pulled from under a bed; the battery cavity of each was being used as a repository for prayer beads. Inadequate weaponry and supply does not seem to affect the fighting spirit. "It is all in a man's thinking," explains Guerrilla Leader Chandra Khan. "You look in that corner and see 'only three Kalashnikov rifles.' I see three Kalashnikovs and three dead Russians...
...director of a new political lobby called Christian Voice: "Reagan is not the best Christian that ever walked the face of the earth, but we really don't have a choice." His group slaps Anderson with a zero rating on 14 key "moral" issues, among them abortion, school prayer, a balanced budget and strong national defense. Christian Voice regards Carter as a "good man" but "naive" and with dreaded liberal tendencies. Ted Kennedy is unthinkable. But the once divorced and remarried movie actor checks out fine...
Anderson is indeed a liberal Republican. Rather than pushing him to the far right, his Evangelical Christianity has brought him an admirable sensitivity expressed in his valuable efforts on behalf of civil rights and freedom of choice. He has spoken out forcefully on the Equal Rights Amendment, prayer in schools and gun control...
...glitter. Entitled December 31, 1980: Brazil: Feast Day lemanjá, it refers to the goddess of salt water in the Brazilian macumba cult, whose votaries send out little silver-painted boats laden with flowers, perfumed soap and mirrors as offerings (if they sink, lemanjá has accepted the prayer). Pindell has given her own offering to this tropical Venus a mild air of reverence...