Word: prays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arthur Lipkin, a teacher at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, said he plans to ignore the law because "offering the option (to pray) is tantamount to inviting it." He and about 50 other teachers have signed a petition declaring that they will not offer a prayer period in their classrooms. If any disciplinary sanctions are enacted, Lipkin said that he will face the consequences...
...Other students must respect the rights of students who wish to pray by remaining quiet...
...exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk, 57, has a palace in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, a residence in Peking and now honorary citizenship in the Maryland town of New Carrollton (pop. 14,000). It was conferred during Sihanouk's visit to greet Cambodian refugees living there and pray with them in a service presided over by saffron-robed monks who later feted their former ruler with cakes and tea. The Prince, who is in the U.S. to generate support for a neutral Cambodia, is also visiting refugee groups to see how they fare in a faraway land. His estimate...
...Snow Making. All through November, no snow stayed on the ground. All through December, the same. The first week in January, still no snow. The local Roman Catholic bishop sent out a pastoral letter urging parishioners to pray for the stuff. Not a flake that fell survived the warm winter until Jan. 8-9, when a paltry 4 in. fluttered down. But Karl Fahrner, 50, was not worried. Says the man in charge of preparing the alpine courses: "We knew in November that we could make all the snow we needed, make better snow and better courses...
...Students have the right to pray," school committee member Henrietta Attles said. "The silent meditation period they have now just does not give students a chance to really pray," she added...