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Word: devotees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many preachers devote far too little time to research, reading and writing in sermon preparation. As a result their poorly constructed, poorly thought out addresses wander from point to point, and listeners' minds wander too. Lack of effort is not necessarily a sign of sloth. Ministers increasingly are expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: American Preaching: A Dying Art? | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Special effects seem to be what movie studios think science fiction is all about these days. No doubt, Star Wars impressed a good many people because it depicted outer space with realism and "flash." But since the "creators" of The Motion Picture wanted to get away from the rough 'em...

Author: By Joshua I. Goldhaber, | Title: Not Very Enterprising | 12/14/1979 | See Source »

Schneider said a financial consultant has recommended establishing a committee to administer the $12,000 term bill fund. RUS could devote more time to other projects without the responsibility of fund administration, she added.

Author: By Monique A. Sullivan, | Title: RUS Selects New Officers For 1980 Term | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

European art of the more or less distant past, be it Dante or Giotto, Proust or Mondrian, cannot be properly appreciated without a great deal of study and contemplation. Harvard undergraduates in general do not think the art important enough to be worth the effort and devote most of their...

Author: By Philip Swan, | Title: The Sad State of Arts at Harvard | 11/15/1979 | See Source »

The university requires entering students to sign an honor code which states they will work diligently, seek the will of God through daily personal prayer and scriptural study, and devote their personalities to the Holy Spirit. Part of this agreement is a promise not to use profanity, gamble, smoke, drink...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: It's 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Students Are? | 11/2/1979 | See Source »

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