Word: revs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bishop Grace murders two teenage girls in his congregation. On NBC's Quantum Leap, April 7: a scene in which the series' hero is preparing for sex with his live-in lover has Amazing Grace playing in the background. On NBC, In the Heat of the Night, Jan. 31: Rev. Haskell, who dies, had been having an adulterous affair with one of his parishioners...
...Rev. Carlton Young, chief editor of the 1966 and 1989 hymnals, confesses that the previous edition was too "elitist." Opting for populism this time, the editors downplayed King James verbiage and included songs that highbrows scorn but the people love (for instance, the treacly In the Garden). The wide- ranging collection features such songs as the civil rights anthem We Shall + Overcome, Duke Ellington's Come Sunday and gospel singer Bill Gaither's He Touched...
...senior's eclectic set of opinions also includes "Republican leanings" on economic issues--though as for the Republicans themselves, he says, "when it comes down to specifics, they've been disappointing." He prefers the Rev. Jesse Jackson's views on gay rights and Israel. But Tarazi says he learned from his immigrant parents a belief in minimal government and a market society in which hard work pays...
...Kennedy School officials announce this week that they will assist the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson in an effort to rebuild America's inner cities. The plan would involve the borrowing of corporate pension funds to support improvements in poor urban areas...
...Business School has come through after a lot of talk and question marks to show it's in it for the long haul, after years of people saying it should do something and [President Derek C.] Bok saying it should do something," says the Rev. Robert K. Massie, a doctoral student at the B-School and a former fellow in the University's Ethics and the Professions program. "Ethics is something that could have been blown off, [but B-School officials] have shown they're not kidding about...