Word: virginia
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...evangelical Christians with whom he shares a passionate faith. Although North was raised as a Roman Catholic, he is an active member of the Church of the Apostles, an Episcopal congregation in Fairfax, Va., noted for its charismatic practices. Members of & this congregation offer special prayers for him. Virginia-based Televangelist Pat Robertson dubbed the Marine a "sacrificial lamb" on his Christian Broadcast Network. In his present straits, North derives considerable solace from his religion. "His faith has been very important in this time of stress," says North's friend and fellow parishioner John Mumford...
Livernash leaves his wife, Virginia (Hall), andsons Stephen E. of Arlington and Robert T. ofWashington...
There has, of course, been progress. Americans of middle age can still remember when blacks had to move to the back of the bus as it crossed the border from Washington into the Virginia suburbs, when Marian Anderson was not allowed to sing at Washington's Constitution Hall, when Jackie Robinson had to promise not to retaliate if spiked and spat upon as the only black in major league baseball, and magazines periodically published photographs of some charred black body dangling on a rope from a branch of a tree. "In the 1940s," says Pettigrew, "Howard Beach occurred every night...
...wonderful victory," said Feminist Betty Friedan, who lost her first job when she became pregnant. "It says that equality does not mean women have to fit the male model." The ruling opens up the possibility of radical -- and potentially costly -- changes in the employment practices of American business. Says Virginia Lamp, an attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "The ruling is disappointing and a shock. It was a victory for proponents of special treatment for women in the workplace...
Honor Code Schools Ratio of Cases Per Students Annapolis 1:218 Dartmouth 1:342 Hamilton 1:107 Haverford 1:119 Mount Holyoke 1:209 Stanford 1:505 Virginia ** 1:314 West Point 1:197 Wellesley ** 1:288 William and Mary...