Word: renews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have to be in for the long haul. Mallory is an excellent lesson in that." Sister Geraldine hurriedly adjusts her veil and prepares to attend Mass. This is the one day of the year when Sisters of the Good Shepherd all over the world renew their vows. No ceremony takes place; Mary Paul and Geraldine will reaffirm their vows in silence at the regular morning Mass at St. Michael's. Geraldine calls upstairs to Mary Paul that they may be late, conjectures that Mary Paul is lost in the morning papers...
...think one must learn a different, less urgent sense of time here," says Mary Paul, "one that depends more on small moments than big ones. Today we renew our vows. It is a special day, but not as special as you might think. There are no really special days here, no momentous occasions. That even includes Christmas. I would not go so far as to say that Christmas is merely another day in Sunset Park, but in a way it is. It is necessary for us to remember that there is the day after Christmas too. Helping families to give...
Perhaps this film is a metaphor for the myth of the triumphant post-war America, and the subsequent disillusionment that left Americans feeling "arid." Perhaps the Old Country is sending us a message to renew our strength by returning to a simpler lifestyle, and then renew our striving for our old ideals. Perhaps Robert Traven represents the hero of our own lives that we were all meant to be. And, perhaps, this is all a bit much...
...more soft-spoken than Koocher, believes that the school committee can do without some of her colleague's controversial stands and opinions. Leib, as well as others, objected to the way in which Koocher successfully attempted to dismiss former superintendent William C. Lannon by drafting a proposal not to renew Lannon's contract at this term's first meeting...
Suzanne G. Melendy, a spokesman for the Women's Alliance, said that "thanks to the SJC, the initiative petition process is alive and well in the city of Cambridge." The grassroots feminist organization will renew its political campaign to get city voters to approve the ordinance, Melendy said yesterday...