Word: religion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There are differences even in religion. Most Arabs belong to the dominant Sunnite branch of Islam; Iranians adhere to the smaller Shi'ite sect...
...amendment, proposed by Rep. Marjorie S. Holt(R.--Md.) and sent on to the Senate by a 220-169 vote, prohibits the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from requiring schools to keep "any records, files, reports, or statistics pertaining to the race, religion, sex or national origins of teachers or students...
Inevitably, the bishops had to face the problem of religion's appeal to the young. The church itself, several prelates conceded, turned off many youths. "The young person is looking for a model of Christ and the Gospel in the ministers," said Archbishop John Quinn of Oklahoma City. "In the eyes of the young those qualities [of Jesus] that are most important-joy, love and kindness, patience and tolerance, an open mind and a willingness to listen, a spirit of compassion and concern, simplicity and directness -are often missing in the ministers...
...read a newspaper advertisement for Scholarship Search, a Manhattan-based firm that uses a computer to match students with available scholarships. Like some 10,000 other students who applied to the company last year, he paid a $25 fee and filled out a form requesting information about his race, religion, ethnic background and special interests. The data was fed into an IBM System/360 computer crammed with information about 250,000 possible sources of financial aid-from corporations, unions, colleges and other public and private organizations-totaling $500 million. For Cole, the computer delivered an individualized printout listing 24 potential scholarships...
Unlike Bland's film, Jazz Is Our Religion offers both hope and enthusiasm for the future jazz scene. And more realistically, rather than limiting the jazz rites to blacks, Jeremy invites us all to "go worship in the church of jazz--the nightclub...