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...Monday, it seemed possible that Lieberman hadn't read his mail. "Isn't Medicare coverage of prescription drugs really about the values of the Fifth Commandment - honor your father and mother?" he asked 200 religious leaders at a Chicago prayer breakfast...
...wives, geezers and geezerettes next to minor Pooh-bahs and nabobs yakking on cell phones. Snatches of French and German drifted by, and Japanese, and Minnesotan ("So you think it's going to be a long time then? Or no?"). And all of us praying the same continuous silent prayer to the Great Internist to let the tests come out clean and please no colonoscopy today...
Early last Monday morning, soon after Lieberman and his wife heard on television that he had been chosen as Gore's running mate, they joined their daughter Hana and Lieberman's 85-year-old mother Marcia around the breakfast table. Lieberman offered a homemade prayer in Hebrew. "We thank God for this miracle upon us, through a wonderful person like Al Gore and through God's will." The family repeated the prayer in English, says Marcia, "just so we could hear it again. God was smiling on us." If the smiles keep coming and if the Gore-Lieberman ticket wins...
Children take up arms against their classmates and the first thing that crosses a television producer's mind is ratings. A supersonic jet spews huge flames from its tail as it dives into Hotelissimo and the news industry breathes a thankful prayer that the dreadful summer news drought is finally over...
...palace steps, a cry rang out. A dukun--a Javanese soothsayer--who habitually accompanies Wahid called the party to a halt. He said he could see the "big man," the spirit of Suharto, standing in the doorway at the top of the steps. He insisted on carrying out a prayer ritual before the President and his family could enter the building...