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Word: prays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Commonweal and author of The Neo-Conservatives: Perhaps the Pope's visit will finally convince the media that religion is a serious reality, not only in backward places like Mexico and Iran but also in the U.S. Polls show that 90% of Americans believe in God and pray often, but most of the serious observations about this country are made by the other 10%. Nothing has changed since H.L. Mencken in the way that public commentators look at the reality of religious life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope In America: Offering an American Perspective | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...have extra space in your sermon, could you say a few words for the team and also pray I do well in my predictions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A New Year: Prayer Before Entering the Lions' Den | 9/22/1979 | See Source »

...Phil's pitches and Houston's Alan Ashby is now out of the lineup with a finger fractured by one of Joe's floaters. Ashby's catching technique when Niekro is on the mound: "You just get in front of the ball and pray. It's like trying to catch a falling piece of paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baffling Batters with Butterflies | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

After he was exonerated last week, Pagano celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving at Wilmington's St. Patrick's Church, located a few blocks from the courthouse, where the church had assigned him during his troubles. He donned white vestments and implored his congregation to "love and pray for Ron Clouser as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Mea Culpa | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...edition. But even so, in the process many a burnished and beloved phrase has been edited flat or cast into outer darkness. In the marriage service, "till death do us part" becomes "until we are parted by death." In the renovated baptism, the priest will no longer pray that the child be given strength to defeat "the devil, the world and the flesh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Battle of the Prayer Books | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

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