Word: prays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Many were told, 'Pray or be shot,'" said the man, who was not identified...
...life" that Reagan referred to. With people like Campanis (Robinson's former teammate and personal friend) in baseball's hierarchy still professing the genetic incapacity for African-Americans to be general managers, commissioners and coaches, baseball has not truly learned from Jackie Robinson's courage, sacrifice and legacy. I pray that baseball can take this special season and build on it for the next century, especially behind the scenes. That is the greatest honor baseball could ever pay to one of its greatest ambassadors and my role model, Jackie R. Robinson: by honoring his dying wish and his legacy...
...high-rise ghettos on Chicago's South Side where the porches are caged in steel mesh, 70% of the residents are under the age of 17, and, in the words of Sarah Johnson, a 19-year-old mother, "You just keep the little kids inside the house and pray...
First, I stubbornly believe that religion in a university setting ultimately exists in the nexus between individual and communal experience. We do pray together and we may share ideas, but I don't think we can really preach to each other or hope for uniformity. Nonetheless, community definitely does strengthen the individual. It can provide support when sacrifices and commitments become too weighty. And it can be a source of growth...
Apple Computer's latest plans to lay off 2,700 employees (25 percent of its payroll) are a dicey gamble. Having sliced its staff in half since 1995, th e struggling computermaker must now pray that it can keep the workers it needs to think its way out of the tiny corner of the market where it cowers, says San Francisco Bureau Chief Dave Jackson. While Apple CEO Gilbert Emilio insists that the company w ill return to profitability by year's end, that's not really the point in a business where rapid innovation is survival, and where fewer...