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...problem don't satisfy Americans' urge for a quick fix," says Ted Galen Carpenter of the CATO Institute, a Washington think tank. "It's a long, laborious process." Merely preaching about the evils of dope is no more likely to purify the school- yard than a Sunday sermon about fallen women is likely to make the congregation chaste. Actually, moralizing often makes decadence more alluring. While NBC vigorously protests that only the bad guys take dope on Miami Vice and they come to an unseemly end, public polls show that many people still feel such shows glamourize drug use. Fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Crusade | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

Last night's blazing fireworks seemed to many to be the perfect conclusion to the five-day spread of activities, but the 350th celebration actually ends today with a sermon delivered by Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, in Memorial Church...

Author: By Peter C. Krause, | Title: Alumni Heading Home As 350th Winds Down | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

While studying at the University of Queensland, Burrows experienced a "divine compulsion" to rejoin the Army. Her leadership skills were evident at age 19, when her father suffered an asthma attack during worship services and Burrows coolly preached an impromptu sermon. Equipped with degrees in history and English and a graduate degree in education, Burrows spent 17 years as an educator in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). After leaving Africa in 1969, she served in England as an administrator and then was the territorial commander in Sri Lanka, Scotland and southern Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A New General Takes Charge | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

...addition to Gomes' sermon, the service included standard prayers, hymns and readings, which were chosen for their acceptability to both Catholics and Protestants, said Karen V. Shaw '86, who helped organize the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christians Gather for Interdenominational Service | 4/5/1986 | See Source »

...same time, Weinberger ordered that the military begin an educational program to encourage personnel not to smoke. A visit to the doctor or dentist will now include a short sermon on the ills of smoking...

Author: By Daniel P. Oran, | Title: Killing the Wrong People | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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