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...sermon to 1,500 followers last week, Khomeini again mentioned a constituent assembly as an early step in rebuilding the country. He promised an honest system of justice, noting that the Imam Ali had set up such a fair system in the 7th century that "even a Jew when he brought suit against the highest official in the land could make his case and win." Khomeini predicted that in the new Iran "even the minorities will be protected and will have the power to bring the most powerful person in the country to justice." During the Christian holidays he received...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Waiting for the Ayatullah | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

During the Mass inside the starkly modern new basilica, the Pope read his sermon from a prepared Spanish text. He frequently invoked the Virgin Mary, who is venerated in his homeland as fervently as she is in Mexico. Said he: "We offer you the whole of this people of God. We offer you the church in Mexico and on the whole continent. We offer it to you as your own." Mindful of Latin America's desperate shortage of priests, he said later, "O Mother, awaken in the younger generation readiness for the exclusive service of God; implore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Warm Welcome for Pope Juan Pablo | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...whoever does come, if the recent record is any guide, seniors shouldn't worry about hearing some dull sermon laid down just as they prepare to enter "the company of educated men and women." The seniors have spoken, and they will most likely get the laughs they asked...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: Leave 'Em Laughin' | 1/24/1979 | See Source »

...beats, each one in a lower key than the one played before. "Angel Dust" includes mellow backup vocals, giving the song a light, hallucinatory effect. All of their productions attempt to incorporate the setting into music, a testimony to the genius of their creators. The result is not a sermon or a demand but a subtle yet powerful understatement of what's going down...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: A Verbal Coltrane | 1/5/1979 | See Source »

...spent the next ten years in his father's New York art gallery, but the onslaught of World War I sent him back to Germany. He fell under Hitler's spell after listening to him preach a beer hall sermon that Hanfy said ended "in an orgasm of words. I agreed with 95 per cent of what he said" he added...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Nazi Who Loved Harvard... | 12/12/1978 | See Source »

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