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Word: prays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...loss of 2,780 jobs. The state's congressional delegation claims that move would produce a $22 million drop in retail sales and a surge in unemployment from 11% to about 20%. Says Abraham Etscovitz, who owns an automobile dealership in nearby Caribou: "We're going to pray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Taps for Dix | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...have in common politically with Jerusalem? From the point of view of religion, I can understand it. In Jerusalem, there are holy shrines of Islam. And every Muslim has free access to them. We would invite Saudi Arabians to come to Jerusalem and go to Al Aqsa [mosque] and pray. But if they speak about the repartition of Jerusalem, they speak nonsense. It will never happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Premier Begin: A New Era Starts | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

...replies that God's command to evangelize takes precedence over Marxist law. But he insists that he has never lied at the border. "If they ask me, 'Do you have any Bibles?' I'll just smile and say, 'Yes, a lot!' But I pray hard before I go that they won't ask me that question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Smugglers of the Word | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...pray for your sense of the outrageous when Divine eats turd, when the houseboy violates the pregnant hostage being held in the family cellar, when you get a load of how Divine keeps her behemoth of a mother in a baby's crib. You might just find youself in unrepressed stitches. If not, look at it this way--you can finally do something you always wanted to do but were too cheap to carry out: walk out in the middle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In a World Where Flying Men Hunt Elephants......People Will Just Naturally Want to Get High | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

...came an ominous touch: "We are only victorious when we can cut the hands of the foreigners from our lands. The agents of the foreigners who are trying to cheat our interests must know that they are now part of history. All their struggles will be in vain. I pray to God for your glory and good health, and I pray to God to help us cut off the hands of the foreigners." With that the crowded terminal rang with shouts: "Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khomeini Era Begins | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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