Word: prays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protest unpopular wars or glaring injustices. But for the most part, if the Constitution were repealed tomorrow, it would be a very long time before the lives of a great number of Americans would be significantly affected--though some would celebrate our new freedom to torture criminals and pray in public school...
Looking reflectively down the length of the bridge, he said, "I have almost a perfect lack of confidence in those state fellows. If I were to pray, I would pray that the bridge be spared the attentions of engineers, and of arsonists -- equal dangers with very little difference. This bridge is a masterpiece. You can't help but be stirred by the workmanship that went into it. It should be saved. When it's gone, it's gone...
Travelling is also a high priority. Two summers ago Cooperson went on an archaeological dig in Jordan. He recounts fasting all day, waking up at 3:30 a.m. to pray, and learning the many required phrases of social interchange. "Something specific is said when one takes a shower, or drinks a glass of water. Also, they recite alot of poetry instead of telling anecdotes like we do in this country...
...Pope was well aware of such concerns. "Certainly we cannot pray together, namely, to make a common prayer," he explained, "but we can be present while others pray." That, in fact, is what occurred. During the morning, each faith met for separate devotions in and around Assisi, and when all groups later gathered in the piazza, no interreligious rite was used; individual delegates gave their own invocations...
...other hostages, Father Lawrence Jenco, a Roman Catholic relief-agency official, was freed by his captors in July, he carried with him a videotape recording of Jacobsen. On it, Jacobsen said he "felt like one of Custer's men," adding, "You know the end of their stories. Pray that ours will have a happier ending." In another videotape released last month, Jacobsen was highly critical of the Reagan Administration for having negotiated the release of Journalist Nicholas Daniloff in Moscow while refusing to make any deals for his freedom. Said he on tape: "Don't we deserve the same attention...