Word: succored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bringing succor to the poor and dying of Calcutta and Kalighat, Mother Teresa finds richness in utter poverty and hope in the darkest corners of despair...
...prayer network began when Abraham Vereide, a Methodist from Montana, came to town in 1935 with the seemingly quixotic goal of providing spiritual succor to politicians. His successor, Doug Coe, leads Fellowship House, the < belle epoque-style mansion that serves as unofficial headquarters for the movement. Coe and his associates have tried to maintain secrecy about most of their activities to protect the privacy of prominent members, whose ranks represent most branches of Christianity...
...TreePeople in Los Angeles. "Young people come here, treating this as a singles' scene. Old people who've retired but not run out of energy come." But when researchers inquire further into motives, the most common reason cited is a desire to do something useful. To comfort a child, succor a patient, rescue a school or salvage a neighborhood gives volunteers a sense of success that few jobs can match. The chance to create and control a daring solution is irresistible and restorative. Attorney Tom Petersen is on leave * from the Dade County state attorney's office to establish, among...
Despite the court's effort to state a narrow conclusion, its decision generated apocalyptic pronouncements of approval and criticism. The ruling, cheered Ira Millstein of the American Jewish Congress, gives "no aid or succor to anyone who wants prayer in the public schools." Agreeing with that analysis but not the result, Republican Governor John Ashcroft of Missouri, a born-again Christian, denounced the court for its "phobic response to the six-letter word prayer." Conservative Activist Paul Weyrich, recalling earlier obscenity cases, objected, "It means the f-word is protected, but you still can't think God." Cried Michigan State...
...into an assault on the "fairness issue." In contrast to what Mondale in his acceptance speech called Reagan's "Government of the rich, by the rich and for the rich," they said the Democrats will treat the entire nation as an extended family, offering unstinted help and succor to all its members...