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"I did espy one couple who had obtained a turkey. 'Twas a far cry from the scrawny skitterlings we used to pursue through the Virginia woods, a fleshy, full-breasted creature, almost sinful withal. And what were they doing with said bird?"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love in the Kitchen | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

2) Gambling is sinful, losing is a penance.

Author: By Steven A. Wasserman, | Title: Losing Through Insemination | 7/12/1977 | See Source »

The divisions in the Plains Baptist Church became critical when black Preacher Clennon King challenged its whites-only membership policy late in the presidential campaign. When the deacons panicked and canceled services the Sunday before Election Day, Pastor Bruce Edwards told reporters that the eleven-year-old policy was "immoral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Strain in Plains | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

Most Marranos are publicly married and buried as Catholics-"to cover up," as one of them puts it. During Holy Week and throughout the year, many of them attend Mass. But as they go into the church they pray to themselves: "When I enter here I adore neither wood nor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Catholics Who Celebrate Passover | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

Until perhaps ten years ago, she had been regularly told (whether she believed it or not) that it was the housewife's duty, happiness and fulfillment to maintain a home for her husband and children. From this, certain reassuring (or oppressive) rules followed. Among them: that monogamy is a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The New Housewife Blues | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

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