Word: prays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idea of work-work as an ethic, an abstraction-arrived rather late in the history of toil. Whatever edifying and pietistic things may have been said about work over the centuries (Kahlil Gibran called work "love made visible," and the Benedictines say, "To work is to pray"), humankind has always tried to avoid it whenever possible. The philosophical swells of ancient Greece thought work was degrading; they kept an underclass to see to the laundry and other details of basic social maintenance. That prejudice against work persisted down the centuries in other aristocracies. It is supposed, however, to be inherently...
...news of the shooting flashed around the world, many nations expressed sympathy for the President but predictably criticized the American tendency toward mayhem. "I pray your injuries are not serious," cabled Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt relayed his "deep horror," and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat his "extreme shock and sorrow." Japan's largest daily, Yomiuri Shimbun, said the attack "proves that violence is deep-rooted in U.S. soil...
...about 1,800 ft. over the desert and only 30 seconds before impact, Young will pull the nose up sharply, cutting air speed to 280 m.p.h., and drop the landing gear. Touching down at 215 m.p.h. (a comparably sized DC-9 lands at 149 m.p.h.). Young can only pray that his tires hold as the ship rolls to a stop. Five months later, if all is A-O.K., Columbia will be back at Cape Canaveral, all fitted out and ready to take off for space again. -By Frederic Golden...
...support, enough to guarantee a sizable majority in the 635-seat House of Commons. Thatcher does not want an early election, since both she and Labor Party Leader Michael Foot are showing the lowest personal standings for any Prime Minister and party leader since the war. "Every day I pray that Margaret Thatcher and Michael Foot will be the leaders at the next election," says former Labor Foreign Secretary turned S.D.P. Leader David Owen, 42. "What could be better than to run against those...
...most of the efforts to help are genuine. A Brooklyn, N.Y., black newspaper, Big Red, is raising funds for the Atlanta police department. St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Mass., is urging members to pray and wear green ribbons, symbolizing life. The Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow, a Chicago mother and minister, helped organize a group of 200 women to travel to Atlanta to meet with parents "to find out how we can help." Says Barrow: "If everybody just prays, God can do anything...