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Word: awakening (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mexico. Said he: "We offer you the whole of this people of God. We offer you the church in Mexico and on the whole continent. We offer it to you as your own." Mindful of Latin America's desperate shortage of priests, he said later, "O Mother, awaken in the younger generation readiness for the exclusive service of God; implore for us abundant local vocations to the priesthood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Warm Welcome for Pope Juan Pablo | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...Indeed, for some major conventions, professional meeting planners will prepare detailed scripts, which can run to 300 pages: "Scene, ballroom banquet. 7:25, doors open. 7:40, waiters leave room for invocation. Stage, praying hands appear on movie screen . . . " Jay Lurye has hired a 120-piece marching band to awaken conventioneers for early morning sessions, and provided "pink elephant" breakfasts: a live baby pachyderm sprayed pink stands by while waitresses serve Alka-Seltzer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Convening of America | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

...learn about Jake the Pillow Snake, and all about Foo-Foo the Snoo." Here, as in more than 30 previous books, the doctor proves to be an eye and ear specialist. His deceptively simple jingle is designed to be heard and inspected repeatedly until the rhythms awaken children to the delights of rhyme and the rewards of literacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Rainbow of Colorful Reading | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Words, words, words! It's so terribly sad that nothing less than a disaster will awaken the Peter Stolers of this world to the incredible dangers of nuclear power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 23, 1978 | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

Yesterday's win may have comforted some Red Sox spirits, but the question now is can the Sox awaken from their horrifying daze and recoup to last out a pennant drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sox Top Yanks, 7-3--Finally | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

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