Word: presbyterianism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That was the day when William Buckley, 57, political officer of the U.S. embassy in Beirut, was abducted from his car. In May 1984 the Rev. Benjamin Weir, 61, a Presbyterian minister who had lived in Beirut for more than 30 years, was seized. Six months later, Peter Kilburn, 60, a librarian at the American University of Beirut, was reported missing...
...aged white. "We have all kinds," says Owner William Ming. "German, Irish, South African, black, white, Chinese, Korean, all steady customers. They like each other. Why shouldn't they?" In the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, the city's most eclectic immigrant community of all, the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church reflects the extraordinary local mishmash. The church has a governing body that consists of a Cuban, a Thai, a Korean, two Filipinos, a Puerto Rican, a German and a few native-born Americans...
...void jargon of management science: proactive modes, assessment of capabilities, lethal-type substances impacting on the environment, mass- casualty situations. Of course, those in the catastrophe business have a better excuse than most for their tendency toward euphemism. "I have found," said the Rev. Fred Page, a Presbyterian minister from Ruston, La., "that using the word morgue with someone who has just lost a loved one may not be best...
...shadowy forces of Islamic Jihad, or Islamic Holy War, has been killed. But the situation is worsening as the Shi'ite extremists step up their demands. The four Americans pictured in the terrorist photographs were: Terry Anderson, 37, Associated Press Beirut bureau chief; the Rev. Benjamin Weir, 60, a Presbyterian minister; the Rev. Lawrence Jenco, 50, a Roman Catholic priest; and U.S. Embassy Official William Buckley, 56, who was abducted on March 16, 1984, making him the longest-held American captive. A fifth American, Peter Kilburn, 60, a librarian at the American University of Beirut, has been missing since December...
...meeting between the fasters and Sovern-the first since the hunger strike began-took place shortly before 6 p.m. in the nurse's lounge of St. Luke's Hospital. Columbia's Presbyterian Chaplain. H. Scott Matheney, acted as an impartial observer. Matheney was unavailable for comment...