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...those who can easily attend. On the other hand, in the new survey, 6% of those questioned had attended a Catholic Pentecostal prayer meeting, a figure that if extrapolated to the U.S. Catholic population, would put the number of charismatic experimenters at well over 2 million. In another upward trend, recipients of weekly Communion have doubled, from...
...night, residents along the catwalk of 3 Tier can hear Mosiello working away at an IBM Selectric in his book-packed 5-ft. by 7-ft. cell. Like any other ambitious executive, he hopes his overtime labors are a signal to his superiors that he is ready for upward, to say nothing of outward mobility. Says the mustached lifer: "I didn't find a home when I came to prison. I want to unusual myself right out of this place...
DiPierro confirmed that Sirhan was standing, not lying on the floor, when he fired. But the witness noted that Sirhan's gun was pointed upward. Also, Sirhan was seven inches shorter than Kennedy. Those factors could account for the ascending trajectory-of the bullets. Sirhan was indeed 3 ft. away from Kennedy when he opened fire, DiPierro said, but then Sirhan lunged forward...
Insurance companies have complained that jury verdicts and damage settlements for injuries are getting out of hand. They may now be getting out of sight; each week seems to bring another stunner. Three recent cases indicate that the trend is still onward and upward; they also provide some new theories on who should be paid as well...
...quite so simple. Actions to raise government and private spending would create more upward pressure on prices. The government is no more pleased at the idea of stoking the fires of inflation than it is at the prospect of worsening recession...