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...orientation until he was 23. By then he was married, the father of two sons and pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy in Santa Ana, Calif. When he finally faced his problem, the district elder to whom he spoke pronounced him demon-possessed and advised him to pray. "I told him I'd prayed till I was blue in the face, but it didn't do any good," says Perry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Hope for the Homosexual | 7/13/1970 | See Source »

...world of violence, deceit and coercive evil- to experience which, most regrettably, you have not bad to wait to go outside- wishing in my turn to be helpful I would first pray for you clarity of vision. Then in a period as troubled and uncertain as any in our history, echoing my predecessors' words. I would say something quite similar to what has been said here so many times in the past, urging you not, from a feeling of helplessness, either to surrender to rage or to succumb to self-pity, but rather to go forth and be strong. Beyond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey on 'The Big Lie' | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

Commencement at Harvard traditionally begins with the cry. "Sheriff, pray give us order"-but this year there may be no order...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Sheriff Cops Out on Commencement | 6/10/1970 | See Source »

...White House lately has forbidden use of the term, perhaps because it sounds too sporting for a serious business. Some economists crack that the game plan is "punt, pray, and hope for a fumble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Chinese Torture in the Stock Market | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

...late for a phased withdrawal. The smog was like Mace; but then the air, apart from radioisotopes, must be better anywhere else now, even in a coal mine. A major earthquake was predicted, too, not merely by seismologists but by the religious protection rackets, which were transferring east to pray out the millennium and to await the second option of chiliasm there . . . At about that time, as well, the American Legion opened its campaign against my San Diego neighbor Professor Marcuse, an action I read as a warning to keep my peace about the war or risk being dealt with...

Author: By M. CHRIS Rochester, | Title: Igor Stravinsky Retrospectives and Conclusions | 5/20/1970 | See Source »

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