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Word: prays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sometimes," he says, "we have to pray long and hard for the church as well as for ourselves...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: The Lady And Her Lot | 4/2/1986 | See Source »

...last year was talking about a trip to the NCAA Final Four in the middle of the regular season, has certainly changed his tune. Asked what it would take for his squad to win the ECAC Championship--read beat Harvard--at the post-season tournament, Addesa said, "You can pray for a lot of miracles and it would take a lot of miracles...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Practice Makes Perfect | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...bearded and wearing black suits, protesting against the Mormons, who are building a branch of Brigham Young University on the Mount of Olives. The demonstrators raised a banner ^ addressed to him: SPEAK UP FOR THE RELIGION THAT YOU SACRIFICED YOURSELF FOR. Shcharansky looked troubled as he proceeded to pray at the sacred Western Wall of the Old City. He did not appear eager to become embroiled in a religious or political controversy. When asked later to comment on the fact that any Israeli political party would be pleased to have him as a spokesman, Shcharansky parried the question, saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West This Year in Jerusalem | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

Iacocca, on the other hand, has promoted what he calls an "ethnic Williamsburg" concept in the restoration. His toughness softens as he describes his vision of having visitors "see exactly what your mother or father or grandparents saw. You would walk into the Great Hall and meditate and pray, because it is like a church--it is just beautiful." There would be exhibits explaining why Ellis had become "an island of tears," and "you could punch a computer and find out what boats your parents came on." Park Service officials in turn dismissed this as "an ethnic Disneyland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sing Me No Torch Songs | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...introduced as "our own national hero, our own rescuer" and the audience estimated at more than 20,000 roared approval when Reagan hailed democracy in Grenada and declared, "When people are free, their rights to speak and to pray are protected by law, and the goons are not running the jails, they are in the jails...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Hailed as Hero in Grenada | 2/21/1986 | See Source »

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