Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decent game for a change. Both the Redskins and the Broncos won conference championships in heart-stopping fashion when the Minnesota Vikings and the Cleveland Browns faltered and fumbled on their goal lines. The Redskins' coach, born-again Joe Gibbs, 47, actually fell to his knees in prayer before the Vikings' final play. Recalling his days as an assistant in San Diego, Gibbs said later, "I didn't live like I should have." Now he returns to the scene of the crimes with his new virtue confirmed...
...Friday, the time shortly after noon. Prayer services had just ended at the al-Aqsa mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, one of the holiest sites for both Islam and Judaism. As several hundred young men streamed out of the mosque, the shouts began. "There is no God but Allah!" "Allah is great!" The banned red-black-and-green Palestinian flag was raised, and Israeli and American banners burned. A thousand Israeli police, stationed there in case trouble broke out, began firing tear gas to disperse the crowd. But they were driven back by a shower of rocks and broken...
...World Wrestling Federation's King Kong Bundy. Behind the camera is Alan Metter, who directed Rodney Dangerfield's 1986 hit Back to School. Since Moving was unavailable for screening last week, we can only wish Pryor good luck. Reynolds and Ringwald, though, may need the power of prayer. Their new pictures, Rent-a-Cop and For Keeps?, indicate that these engaging stars face a tough battle to win back their old fans...
Robert Runcie's fate has been to preside over the church as it coped with a series of tempestuous issues. These have included the modernization of the Book of Common Prayer, women priests, remarriage after divorce, homosexuals in the clergy and the tendency of some bishops and theologians to scorn traditional beliefs. In each case, Runcie has tried to hold his church together as it lumbered toward liberalism...
...Port-au-Prince, the capital, hundreds of Haitians packed their meager belongings and fled to the countryside. At the Basilica Notre Dame, the usual crowd of devout worshipers was missing. Instead, a few beggars haunted the steps. It was as if Haitians had lost their faith even in prayer...