Word: virginia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Across the nation, other conflicts have been widening the rift between conservatives and liberals. In one long-running dispute, two radical West Virginia sisters, Barbara Ferraro and Patricia Hussey of the Notre Dame de Namur order, have refused to disavow a newspaper ad they signed in 1984 contending that there are various legitimate Catholic views on abortion. Rome hoped the ad signers would back down gracefully, but Ferraro and Hussey, and perhaps others, insist on a showdown that could end in Vatican-ordered expulsions...
WHETHER FALWELL had grown in sensitivity or in savvy as he moved from his segregated church in rural Virginia to the magazine lists of influential Americans wasn't really a question...
Though unranked, Cornell (4-1-2, 1-0-1) recently lost to fifth-ranked Virginia, 2-0, at the Virginia Tournament and last year the Big Red shutout Harvard...
Falwell is the leader of the Liberty Federation, a conservative political group which includes the Moral Majority. He also founded the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, and now preaches to television and radio audiences of millions...
...bright spot for the Crimson is that it has a history of playing especially tough against the Tribe. Last year, the underdog gridders seemed to have sealed at least a tie with the visitors from Virginia until a Rufus Jones fumble led to a lightening-quick Tribe score with 2:08 left in the game...