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...never willing to fight strongly enough to such a proposal into law. Helms has a that would do just that; if it comes to a roll call on the House and Senate a majority will probably be unwill to go on record as being opposed to al children to pray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter, Stage Far Right | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

...hard as well, deluging legislators with warnings that the ERA disturbed the "divine order" and had objectionable "consequences": unisex toilets, abolition of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, homosexual marriages, a military draft for women. Their arguments evidently got a sympathetic hearing. Said Senator Norman Lamb: "I hope and pray that women, ladies and girls will not be dragged down to the level of men by the passage of the 27th Amendment." The ERA's broad constitutional language worked against it in the end. Said Darlene Ramming of Hinton, Okla.: "It doesn't say enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The ERA Loses Two More Rounds | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

...Bradley was foreclosing a series of mortgages, a crowd of farmers kidnaped him from his courtroom, drove him into the countryside and strung him up until he nearly lost consciousness. Then they revived him, crowned him with a truck hubcap and forced him to his knees. "O Lord, I pray thee," the judge gasped, "do justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: F.D.R.'s Disputed Legacy | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

Librarian, I am cold. Pray you. Undo this button. Thank you, sir. Do you not see the gazelle on the rushing waters? I know he looks at me ("What if Harry Levin wrote the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay?"). I am sleepy and the oozy weeds about me twist. "Chirp...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: Doom | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...Judith received messages of sympathy from both President Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig. Maintaining a vigil at her home in Verona with her two children, Mrs. Dozier appeared for a second time on TV to thank the Italian people for their support. Said she: "Please continue to pray. You are in all our hearts, and we know we are in your hearts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Manhunt | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

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