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...Battle Hymn of the Republic and audiences singing God Bless America. When W. Cleon Skousen, 74, steps onto the podium, he preaches that the authors of the Constitution intended the U.S. to be governed as a Christian republic "under the law of God." As he explained to a rapt gathering of 800 in Anchorage two weeks ago, "The Founding Fathers wanted to separate church and state but not religion and state, and not God and state...
...speeches were dramatically illustrated with slides and maps of Central America. The case for Nicaragua's contra rebels was presented starkly, with powerful emotion. "All we offer (them) is a chance to die for a cause they believe in," Lieut. Colonel Oliver North told a rapt audience in Nashville. "If we fail to provide the support that is so necessary for these people, this country, which last year had 23 of its citizens killed by terrorism around the world, will very soon find its citizens being gunned down on its own streets...
...born in Milan in 1955 during a low period for Italian Catholicism, when the church's teachings seemed outmoded, especially on campuses. One day a priest watched in frustration while a young Communist was working up the emotions of his rapt audience. Don Luigi Giussani, then 32, asked himself why Catholics could not make their message just as enthralling. He began organizing students. Recalls Robi Ronza, 45, editor of Bell' Italia, who was in high school when he first met Giussani: "We were all struck by the simplicity of his message. He did not say, 'Let's play soccer...
...cannot achieve the Big O unless there's a chimp in the room. Naturally, I would take the high ground, quelling all this genital turmoil by declaring everyone normal, including the chimp, and instructing all listeners to "Go for it!" -- with contraceptives, of course. I would then startle my rapt audience by revealing that sex is nothing to be ashamed of, and in fact may even be a natural part of life. Then, as a finale, I would beam at my audience, looking sweet while talking dirty. What do you think, my partner in bed as well as life...
Center stage last week, however, belonged to Dr. Maria Byrdy, a retired pathologist who conducted the autopsy on Popieluszko after his body was pulled from the Vistula River reservoir. Speaking to a rapt audience, Byrdy, 75, stated that contrary to her previous opinion, she found it impossible to determine specifically what had been the cause of Popieluszko's death...