Word: prays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...living in the "never-never" land of married student housing, I welcome Mrs. Jacobs' arguments with open arms. How 1 would love to once again dodge people, taxis and cigarette butts for a "corn beef on rye" in a cozy basement delicatessen. Until such a time I only pray that the city planners are sentenced to live in the bleak "hells" called housing projects...
...appreciate deeply your story on the 3rd Armored's General Abrams [Oct. 13]. I had the privilege of being part of his personal tank crew as driver during World War II. If or whenever (I pray never) the Russians attack the general's sector in Germany, you can bet he will be in on the counterattack but from the turret of his tank, which I presume he has named "Thunderbolt," with clouds painted on the sides and streaks of lightning in the clouds. Those of us who served with and under him knew long ago that he would...
...when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking [Matthew...
...schoolmates walked out, assembled at a Negro Masonic hall, and were advised by organizers of the Nashville-based Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (who had come to McComb to spur Negro voting) to march upon city hall. The students filed two abreast to the city hall steps, began to pray-and were all arrested. A white S.N.C.C. leader among them, Robert Zellner, 22, of Atlanta, was beaten and kicked in the face by white toughs, who were not arrested. Chief of Police George Guy explained: "I didn't see who they were...
...sixth floor. This is to stop the jumpers who have been leaping to freedom via the nets of willing West Berlin firemen on the street below. The trick is to toss a note into the street ("Urgent! Call the fire department! I am coming down in ten minutes!"), then pray that the nets arrive before the Communist Volkspolizei get wind of what is up. It can be a hazardous game for the West Berlin firemen as well as for the escapers. Two weeks ago, Vopos fired down at them with tommy guns; in another area last week, the firemen roared...