Word: prays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...never seen a son by that first marriage. One reason for his impulsiveness and eccentricity, apparently, is that the handsome, introspective Libyan soldier sees the world through the tunnel vision of a True Believer. "My life is clear," he announced not long ago. "I am married. I pray and fast and perform my duties as a Moslem believer. I don't smoke or drink, and I read the Koran whenever I have the chance, especially at time of prayer. What else is there...
...laudable but politically ineffective display of unity, Protestants and Roman Catholics, Tories, Laborites and Liberals gathered last week at London's Westminster Cathedral to pray at an "ecumenical service for intercession for Northern Ireland." More than 1,500 worshipers attended the ceremony at which the Archbishop of Canterbury, who presided with John Cardinal Heenan, praised Ireland's patron, Saint Patrick, as a man of forgiveness...
Women's Lib? "I'm not interested." Religion? "I don't go to church. They're robbers. I can pray at home, and He'll hear me just the same, and I don't have to pay for it." Politics? "I have no hope in elections. I've written to Nixon, Rockefeller and Lindsay. They all say they can't do anything. I don't trust nobody." The future? "If things don't shape up, my children won't live for it. Society will kill them and put them...
...Pray for Cash. The failure has been most conspicuous in Washington. Richard Nixon, who in the past has zealously denounced federal deficits, now admits that he is likely to run up the biggest three-year red-ink totals that the U.S. has ever experienced outside of the World War II period: an estimated $87 billion for fiscal years 1971 through 1973. The President argues persuasively that the deficits are necessary to spur a lagging economy. Even so, he has felt obliged to limit some programs that his Administration earlier had labeled top priority. For instance, the Labor Department has kept...
...Detroit has enacted income and property taxes as high as Michigan law allows, and slapped a 5% tax on residents' telephone, gas and electric bills. Still, the city faces a $30 million deficit this fiscal year. "Every morning we gather in the mayor's office to pray for money," quips a mayoral assistant, "and we face Washington." Since the prayers have gone unanswered, Mayor Roman Gribbs has requested cuts of 5% to 45% in all city departmental budgets. All Detroit skating rinks are closed this month, parks and playgrounds will not be cleaned up for the spring, and recreation programs...