Word: washings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...censorship of the Battle Hymn and especially the beloved Onward. In recent weeks the hymnal committee's Nashville office has been besieged with 9,000 letters of protest. Chastened, the panel held an emergency meeting last week and reversed itself, though the unrepentant Rev. Beryl Ingram-Ward of Bellevue, Wash., still argued against the notion of "the warrior Christ...
Despite feminist lobbying, the panel will retain traditional male nouns, such as Lord and Father, for the Deity. "They decided not to mess with God," remarks one Methodist official. But in deference to the sensitivities of blacks, the Lord will no longer wash sinners "whiter than snow" in the hymn Have Thine Own Way, Lord. And reflecting the Methodist mood of social activism, efforts are being made to strike phrases that emphasize longing for the next world over involvement in this...
...million. For executives who have no time to go to the beach, Trigano is working on bringing the beach to them. He is starting to build a series of indoor "tropical spaces" in urban centers. Since May a prototype has been open just outside Vienna, complete with waves that wash sandy beaches, palm trees, controlled heat and artificial sun. Trigano has plans to install these pseudo paradises in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo...
...been, again and again. Last February tainted Tylenol capsules killed a Peekskill, N.Y., woman. A month later traces of rat poison were found in Contac cold capsules and Teldrin allergy medication in Houston and Orlando. Two weeks ago, medical investigators discovered that two residents of Auburn, Wash., had died as a result of swallowing toxic Excedrin capsules. Bristol-Myers quickly pulled Excedrin capsules off the market nationwide, but last week Auburn's cyanide scare spread to yet another brand of pain-killer. During a random check of a pharmacy in the Seattle suburb, Food and Drug Administration officials found poisoned...
...that hot blush starting on your neck, but--like the rest of the audience--you'll probably laugh as heartily at the smut as you did in fourth grade. But underneath the laughter, Cloud 9 has a squalid streak and leaves you feeling as though you might want to wash your mouth, or more appropriately your ears, out with soap...