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...Khaalis. "I would like you, my brother, to join in a prayer to Allah that it will be a day of compassion, honor and bravery." Khaalis protested that the place where he was appeared "unclean." This remark convinced the negotiators that Khaalis was a devout Muslim who would pray only in clean surroundings, as Islamic tradition prescribes. Now there was hope, for a source of leverage existed-the compassion cited in the Koran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISM: The 38 Hours: Trial by Terror | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

Most psychiatrists agree that sex fantasies are normal and should be enjoyed without shame. But some have reservations about Lowndes' advice to act them out; many fantasies are clearly violent and dangerous. Says Lowndes: pray we're not naive. We have to weigh the millions of people suffering from harmless fantasies against the possibility of encouraging a kook like Charles Manson If I found that we produced one violent person with our show, I think we would fold up our tent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Sex Fantasy on Broadway | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

Richardson tended the twines in the maskless era of hockey, when goalie's mugs often resembled Goodrich radials. "I think that all goalies are a special breed who readily accept the challenges and hazards of the trade, and pray for a good set of defensemen," the 1953 Angier Trophy (Most Improved Player) winner commented...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Didn't You Use To Be...The First Beanpot Champion Goalie | 2/11/1977 | See Source »

...stars created life, they say, While busily their theories proving. But who invented stars, I pray, And got the whole megillah moving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 17, 1977 | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

...game mentality among the H-R Chicanos, as there has been among The Angry Chicanos in the southwest. Their activism is difficult to take seriously, as is their commitment to social justice and the ethics of intellectual honesty. They want not so much to have that change as to pray publicly, a la the pharisees for it. They are the honest-to-goodness New Great American Song and Dance Men, er, Persons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chicano Consciousness | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

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