Word: rev
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...REV. ROBERT DRINAN. While the Boston working-class neighborhoods went for conservative Mrs. Hicks, the suburbs sent to Congress a Jesuit priest who is an outspoken dove. The Rev. Robert Drinan, 49, will become the second priest ever to serve in Congress.* Drinan's antiwar campaign sagged after a primary victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, and in the closing days he turned to economic issues to rescue his race. Drinan relied on a corps of youthful volunteers and smoothly ran a computerized campaign to fulfill the hopes of a catchy election-night placard that read OUR FATHER...
...first was the Rev. Gabriel Richard, who in 1823 was elected as a nonvoting member from Michigan, when it was still a Territory...
...REV.) JAMES BRAGAN Peru...
...Rev. John Dollard's dilemma of declining attendance following his imposition of a liturgical tax [Oct. 19] is the epitome of the clerical cancer existing in the American Catholic church today. American Catholic families have grown weary of financially supporting churches and clergymen who do not in turn support their spiritual needs. Financial boycotting-called a "greenout" in this house -is a protest against preaching to and talking down to instead of communicating with and listening to; it is against the use of dogma and doctrine instead of Christ and scripture; against irrelevant Holy Name and altar guild societies...
Surprise Ending. Instead, it was a night of wild celebration. In an astonishing show of affluence and affection, black celebrities from all walks -Hank Aaron, Whitney Young, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mrs. Coretta King, Julian Bond-converged on Atlanta to hail the return of the deposed champion. Streams of customized Cadillacs rolled up to the city's ancient Municipal Auditorium like chariots arriving for a Roman circus. Men in matching mink hats and coats and white knit jumpsuits vied for attention with glittering women in spangled gowns and beaded maxi coats. Diana Ross, looking supreme in a see-through...