Word: prays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...race for governor, hopes to attract twice that many votes this time around and win the election with a plurality. In order to do this, Evers must garner about 90 per cent of the black vote, win about 10 per cent of the white vote, and pray it rains on election day. His chances are slim, but alive...
...bodies of the brothers or, as some suggest, may have been used by a hidden priest to make oracular pronouncements to impress the faithful. But few of them would ever have heard him. For unlike a Christian church, the Egyptian temple was not designed for worshipers to gather to pray. Rather, it was a house built for the god himself, for his comfort and protection from prying eyes when he manifested himself. As a great king, the god did not like the company of common men. Their offerings were accepted on his behalf by the priests, a practice not always...
...manager Don Zimmer leaned back in his office after the game and said, "I hate to say the same thing every night, but it's all I can do. We gotta win and pray...
...there is a widespread belief that at least several hundred were killed, and some claim as many as 2,000), families of the victims gathered at gravesides, where soldiers kept watch. After the services, the mourners dispersed in small groups of three, as ordered. "They can pray, they can bury, but they can't demonstrate," said a colonel...
...line were almost all devoted fans, but emotions and good intentions got lost in the shuffle. It was almost hard to believe Elvis was buried there, beneath the pillars and fountains and bouquets. Many almost forgot he was there. One girl from Springfield, Mass. had come intending to pray for Elvis, but at Graceland she was so busy taking pictures that it slipped her mind. And Janey expected to cry when she saw the grave, but she was too numbed by the crowd and the spectacle to even get choked up. It was like seeing Old Faithful or the Statue...