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...Glory of Christmas--A Living Nativity, which has been staged at the Rev. Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., every Christmas season since 1981. This year's three-times-nightly, 75-minute re-enactment of the birth of Jesus boasts Singer Debby Boone, 29, as the Virgin Mary, plus a cast of more than 400 that includes ten flying angels, four white horses, a donkey and three camels. Boone, who is herself expecting this spring, agreed to do the part "because I think it's one of the most important stories that can ever be told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 23, 1985 | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

Such blasphemy would never be allowed in a Moslem country as they honor the Blssed Virgin Mary (it was thrown out of Italy); while in the heartland of the USA the people would never allow such insults to the Mother of Jesus Christ and mockery of the Holy Bible. It was our Poet, Longfellow, who wrote of Mary as "Mankind's solitary boast." Why would the people of Massachusetts allow this filth anytime, but especially now in the Christmas season? The author takes the Magnificat, the great prayer of Mary wherein She praises God: "My sould doth magnify the Lord...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge: Expect Retribution | 12/14/1985 | See Source »

None of that. I'm not into protests but Mother is a saint. If Jean-Luc Godard ever does to Mother what HAIL MARY (Orson Welles) has done to the Virgin Mary, I'll be there at every showing...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Clues to Dewitt | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Although Keough himself was unreachable for comment about the nature of his company, he also markets a varsity letter sweater of soft virgin wool to be worn by a baby. This--along with a silk Brooks Brothers tie crowded with drawings of the John Harvard statue--sells...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Harvard Schlock | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

...NEWLY RELEASED film about the life of the Virgin Mary, Hail Mary, which portrays her as a modern-day gas station attendant and shows her nude, was originally to be shown by the Sack cinema chain. However, under intense pressure and scattered threats of violence from religious protesters after the movie was denounced by the Pope and other Catholic officials, Sack, which owns most of the major theaters in the Boston area, dropped the film. Sack owner A. Alan Friedberg's decision was cowardly. Friedberg expressed compassion for the sentiment of offended Catholics, fear for the safety of audiences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Free Expression | 12/4/1985 | See Source »

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