Word: prays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final scene is one of stinging pathos. Prostrated by his failure, Livingstone lies on his bed, near mental collapse. With self-imposed fortitude, Sechele shout-sings the hymnal verses, "Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising/ Give me joy in my heart, I pray," as if he were the trumpet of perdurable faith...
...have, the sponsorship or support of the government." Voluntary and nonsectarian in name only, codes allowing group prayer inevitably supported entrenched religions at the expense of less widespread ones. And because of the peer pressure that's probably unavoidable in school settings, students who had no desire to pray often found themselves compelled to join in--effectively denying their right not to exercise their religious preferences...
...enchanting thing,/ is an enchanted thing/ like the glaze on a/ katydid-wing/ subdivided by sun/ till the nettings are legion,/ Like Gieseking playing Scarlatti." In short, human intelligence is too intricate to be replicated. When a computer can smile at an enemy, cheat at cards and pray in church all in the same day, then, perhaps, man will know his like. Until then, no machine can touch...
...Dome of the Rock perhaps the tragedy could have been averted. Pilgrims from all over the Muslim world, including Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Jordan-nations at war with Israel-are offered unlimited access to their holy places. And the Israeli government has even denied Jews the right to pray near the holy Temple Mount-which lies beneath the Dome of the Rock-in order to avoid confrontation...
...peace takes root, and normal relations between the countries develop, their joint effort will serve as testimony to the wisdom of face-to-face negotiation in solving disputes. Since its creation Israel has repeatedly offered to negotiate with any of its Arab neighbors. We can only pray that Egypt's sister states learn from her example that inflamed rhetoric and hostility are poor substitutes for peace...