Word: silents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would permit high school students to hold religious meetings before or after normal class hours if other student groups were granted similar use of school facilities, the Democrats voted overwhelmingly for it (see box). They were also quick to approve a House Republican proposal to require schools to permit "silent prayer" by students. Since such prayer cannot be constitutionally banned, or even detected in many cases, the legislation changes nothing. But it allowed Democrats to claim, accurately, that they had voted for prayer in schools. "The public doesn't care about the nuances of what type of equal access...
Like Retton, Peter Vidmar and Tim Daggett had a dream. As gymnastics teammates at UCLA, they always concluded their workouts with a fantasy. "We'd pretend it was the Olympics," Vidmar recalls. "We'd turn off the radio, and the gym would be all silent. We'd go to the high bar, and then we'd say, 'O.K., we have to hit both of our routines perfect in order to win the Olympic gold medal.' We always laughed, because it seemed so unrealistic. And all of a sudden, we found ourselves in that exact...
...arms stands next to him and holds out an empty tin can. A block away, at the corner of Avenida Madero, a white-stubbled man with no legs holds up a few packs of Chiclets for sale. Just beyond him in the dusk sits one of those silent Indians who are known as "Marías," this one a grimy-faced girl of perhaps 15, in a ragged shawl and pigtails, with her baby wheezing in its sleep on the sidewalk beside her. She holds out a thin brown palm, but nobody stops...
...House Democrats had to rally to defeat a surprise Republican amendment to cut off federal funds to schools that bar spoken prayer "by individuals on a voluntary basis." The House then overwhelmingly approved another amendment stating that students should not be denied "the opportunity to participate in moments of silent prayer...
...motel-room TV set, his mouth slightly open as if in wonder. Walter Mondale's campaign chairman had been in the state capitol in St. Paul earlier that day, of course, but he wanted to relive that poignant experience. He switched around among all three networks, nodding in silent approval as anchormen described Mondale's running-mate selection as historic and unprecedented. The phone broke into Johnson's reverie: it was his boss calling. Johnson told him the story had dominated the nightly news and the national reaction was enthusiastic beyond all their hopes. Hanging up, he observed: "Walter Mondale...