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Word: prays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Every day Myrtle Pickering lifts her small, clasped hands to pray for the safety of the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War: Little Girl, Big Job | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

When the Catholic children of Buffalo, N.Y. began a crusade of prayer for the nation's soldiers and sailors, Myrtle was selected by lot to pray for the Commander in Chief. Myrtle is an orphan, eight years old. She says a prayer for Mr. Roosevelt every day, at least once a week attends Mass and receives Holy Communion for his protection. When sisters of the German Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, where she lives, told her about it, Myrtle recognized her responsibility right away. She sat down, wrote to Mr. Roosevelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War: Little Girl, Big Job | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

...covenant with each other before all the world, that having taken up arms in the defense of liberty, we will not lay them down before liberty is once again secure in the world we live in. For that security we pray; for that security we act -now and evermore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War: Doctrine & Covenants | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

...Apathy and pessimism grip the people. . . . They pray for some miracle that may bring them peace early. Large sections of the people don't care what kind of a peace it is, and many are far more afraid of a German victory than a British. . . . The people seem now a people peculiarly devoid of a capacity for hatred of anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Working, Breeding, Enduring | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

LaGuardia (from a Baptist church): "Pray for forgiveness of those evil men with hatred in their hearts who, with strong words on their tongues, hurling invective and vituperation, create racial hatred because they are so desperate. Pray for them-they need it. Let us be serene, kindly and forgiving-for they know not what they do." (Night before, at a rally): "Whoever says [I have an interest in a bus line] is a dirty contemptible liar and a yellow cowardly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Invective &. Abuse | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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