Word: religion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other charges were similar. At another press conference in Florence, after representatives of the official Orthodox Church had declared that there was total freedom of religion in the Soviet Union, I had said, "That, to put it mildly, is untrue." In Oslo, where I had gone to accept Andrei's Nobel Prize in 1975, I had said that the U.S.S.R. has national discrimination; I cited as one example discrimination against Jews who apply to institutions of higher learning. I had also said that there are two forms of money in the U.S.S.R., regular money and certificates that top people...
...shot of Prom Queen Peggy Sue Kelcher (Kathleen Turner) and King Charlie Bodell (Nicolas Cage), who soon got married and later separated, captures the popular couple with their teen dreams intact and life's promises spread before them like a red carpet. The blowups could be relics of a religion -- innocence -- that all in attendance want desperately to believe in. When the band launches into a moony ballad, folks in their 40s hit the floor to dance slow and close. And as a Mylar balloon sails toward the rafters, one aging yuppie reaches for the string, but it eludes...
...high bench has yet to define completely its views on affirmative action. "The permissible scope is unclear," says Yale Law Professor Paul Gewirtz. "The cases are being decided one by one." In a major church-state dispute, the court will decide whether Louisiana violated the bar on establishment of religion by requiring the presentation of creationism in schools teaching evolution. And in a case that could have major implications for AIDS victims, the court will determine if a federal law banning discrimination against the handicapped protects people with contagious diseases...
Mary E. McGee, assistant head tutor in the Religion Department, planned in advance to attend the concert with her two-year-old daughter Matilda. "It's her day off from her home care program," McGee said. "It was good for her, too. She loves music...
...said he feels that his testimony willnot be very decisive since the case is such a"large-scale argument," involving "textbooks, thenature of religion, the nature of religion in theminds of children, what constitutes religion,etcetera...