Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Instead of using the traditional mantra of TM, Benson's patients are encouraged to select a sound or image that appeals to them personally. One of his Jewish patients focuses on the word shalom; a Greek chants "Kyrie eleison " (Lord have mercy upon us); a Catholic recites the prayer "Lord Jesus have mercy "; others evoke the response by listening to soothing tapes of ocean waves. "As long as one can become passively unaware of the outside world," says Benson, "the method is not important...
Shortly after the 1962 release of his first work, the prison-camp novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Solzhenitsyn composed a prayer-poem, which became part of the body of work honored by the Templeton Foundation. Solzhenitsyn recalled last week, "I was being subjected to increasing pressure and harassment. At this time I experienced a feeling that I had support-supernatural support. I wrote [the prayer] in the consciousness of the various outcomes that could be called my fate: maybe this is the last moment. Maybe this is it." But it was only the beginning...
...place and time frequently celebrated in nostalgic memory. It has been said that life was less complicated then and that the Depression bound families to a common cause. Perhaps, but in Berger's small neighboring towns of Millville and Hornbeck, such pretty thoughts do not have a prayer against ornery pride, low animal cunning and the mayhem loosed by the crazed and the lovestruck...
...prayer, I've learned all my lacrosse at Harvard. I worked with goaltending coach Scott Anderson, and I've put it together since then." The Rhode Island native started after the third game of his sophomore year, and has turned into a steady backup ever since. With a save average consistently over 60 percent, he was All-Ivy honorable mention last year, and has the second-best save average of Ivy starting goalies this year...
...Wildcats, their chances of receiving an NCAA bid rested on a wing and a prayer--and a good showing against the Crimson. So entering Saturday's game, the UNH squad knew it needed to stop the explosive Crimson attack, which had been averaging almost 17 goals a game...