Word: reverend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...South many years ago, I found myself carrying it with me somewhere between the past and the present. I thought of it a great deal. It occurred in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala., at an allday meeting at Martin Luther King's church, the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Reverend King had just come to public notice. We had heard about him in Talladega County where I was attending college and, curious about him, decided to drive to Montgomery...
...years ago, JESSE JACKSON ignored pleas that he run for mayor of Washington. At the time, Jackson said his "destiny's larger than that." Larger and apparently more Oval-shaped. The reverend is coy about his presidential aspirations--but not too coy to needle a potential opponent. When asked if he would back the all-but-announced candidate and House minority leader, Dick Gephardt, Jackson grinned and reminded TIME that he had done his part in 1988 to make sure Gephardt could "spend more time with his family." Attention, Dick Gephardt: Get the Barcalounger ready...
...educates these children, I'll tell you," Reverend Phelps said, gesturing to a girl holding a "Save the Gerbils" sign. He said most of the children traveling with him are his grandchildren...
...Reverend Phelps said, Gore has "taken up with the anti-Christ Clinton." Phelps said Gore has recently endorsed DeGeneres, the star of the television show "Ellen" who announced her homosexuality this year...
...Reverend Phelps was ordained by the Southern Baptist Church in 1947, but said that his church is no longer affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. He described the organization as "an old-school Baptist church...