Word: regular
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of Bundy's relatives might not have been so "regular." The illegitimate son of a Philadelphia department-store clerk, Bundy claimed he spent his early years with a deranged grandfather who assaulted people, tormented animals and had an insatiable appetite for pornography. Bundy talked of being appalled after his first murder. "It was like being possessed by something so awful, so alien," he said. "But then the impulse to do it again would come back even stronger...
...pray together and confide personal problems, these weekly gatherings usually focus on Bible studies. "Calling yourself a Christian without reading the Bible is like calling yourself an engineer without reading the textbook," says Susan Baker, a born-again Episcopalian. (Her husband, the Secretary of State, was formerly a regular at a Capitol Hill gathering...
...time, the movement was male-oriented, but now there are sessions for couples (Colorado Senator William Armstrong and his wife are regulars) and congressional wives. C.B.S. attracts scores of political spouses to its Tuesday class. Susan Baker says the regular meeting for Cabinet wives will regroup as soon as the Bush Administration is in place. Baker also is host to a women's meeting in her home, which is attended by Marilyn Quayle, among others. Joanne (Mrs. Jack) Kemp leads a similar weekly get-together...
...most visible event for Fellowship participants is the National Prayer Breakfast. The annual gathering was launched by the late Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas, who talked President Eisenhower into being host of the first one in 1953. President Bush, a regular Episcopal churchgoer, will hold his initial prayer breakfast this week. It will be attended by some 4,000 people, including ranking officials from all branches of Government, plus diplomats and clergy, who will join in a 90-minute round of prayer and testimonials at a Washington hotel. (At one such session in the Reagan era, former Soviet Ambassador Anatoli...
...many as 1 million young high school graduates to spend at least a year working for $100 a week in places like hospices and homeless shelters in their local communities. The volunteers would also have the option of entering the armed forces at wage rates significantly below those of regular soldiers. The national-service proposal -- originally developed by sociologist Charles Moskos and the Democratic Leadership Council -- is poised between threat and reward. "It's just this side of compulsion," says Moskos, who teaches at Northwestern University, "but we don't cross the line...