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...Battle Hymn of the Republic 2. In the Mood 3. Little Things Mean a Lot 4. Shanty in Old Shanty Town 5. White Christmas 6. Silent Night 7. Green Door 8. San Antonio Rose 9. Love Me Tender 10. Oh, Johnny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Time Top Ten: The Readers Give Us an Earful | 7/13/2000 | See Source »

There are 88 more men waiting to be made special. They've got their own building with their own lawyers' meeting room, which has a mural of an eagle and another of Scooby-Doo. Everyone spends all day on his bed, silent, reading the Bible or playing chess against a neighbor he can't see except for the hand that reaches through the bars into the hall to move pieces. Jenny Jones is on the TV, and she is looking good, but no one looks. Instead the inmates study the Bible, which they know better than some preachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angola, La.: The Lessons of Cain | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...anxiety--tests, games, dates --was a chance to invoke Jesus. Up North, if I had seen a group of girls clutched together and whispering, it was a clear sign of gossip. Here it was a prayer circle, and there were boys in it too, holding hands, heads down, powerfully silent. To an outsider who had yet to make many friends, the prayer circles had some compelling advantages. If you aimed your point of entry correctly, you could hold hands with a certain Ann or Julie and get feverish with her and want what she wanted, if just for a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Praise the Lord and Pass the Football | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...confident enough not to need the Tall Clubs International, but I do like to know that it's out there. I much prefer the unspoken bonds I have with my fellow tall person--the subway nods, the silent empathy, the knowing gazes...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, | Title: On the Subway, Size Does Matter | 6/30/2000 | See Source »

...majority, the Court dismissed a controversial appeals court decision that called into question the validity of so-called Miranda rights, which were established by the Warren Supreme Court in 1966 to ensure that those who became involved with law enforcement agencies knew they had the "right to remain silent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supremes to Congress: Don't Mess With Miranda | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

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