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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — From his childhood, when he preached to chickens in the dirt-poor South, to his decades as a moral force in Congress, religious faith was a constant in the life of Rep. John Lewis. Lewis spent boyhood days as a make-believe minister, preaching to a congregation of clucking birds at his rural home in Alabama. |
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A room at the Redwood Valley High School Community Center filled to about half capacity earlier this year as rural Minnesotans made small talk, munched on store bought cookies and drank astringent coffee as Ron Branstner queued up his slideshow. The crowd had come to hear Branstner, dressed in khakis and white sneakers, talk about immigration. |
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by Peter Mertz. DENVER, the United States, July 18 (Xinhua) -- With coronavirus cases spiking nationwide, corporate America pushed political leaders toward mandating mask wearing this week, while vocal conservatives protested their loss of civil liberties in their opposition. |
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by Peter Mertz. DENVER, the United States, July 18 (Xinhua) -- With coronavirus cases spiking nationwide, corporate America pushed political leaders toward mandating mask wearing this week, while vocal conservatives protested their loss of civil liberties in their opposition. |
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New year, new hopes. But the trend appears to be going in the reverse direction since the dawn of 2020. The global economy is at stand still, schools shut, rising cases of job loss. The coronavirus pandemic has fizzled hopes that hitherto characterised the first half of the new year. |
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Predeceased by her husband Paddy. Margaret will be sadly missed by her loving daughters Marian Byrne (Roscommon), Helen Flangan (Letterkenny), Tina Burns (Letterkenny), amanda Burns (Castlebar), sons Michael, Pat and Jackie (Westport), daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren,.... |
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The humble coconut (ma prow) has been in the news lately following allegations of abuse of Thai monkeys used in harvesting the fruit. I admit to not being familiar enough with the training of the monkeys to know if they are maltreated as alleged and certainly would not endorse any cruelty. But if they are treated well it shouldn't be a problem. |
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. >> From his childhood, when he preached to chickens in the dirt-poor South, to his decades as a moral force in Congress, religious faith was a constant in the life of Rep. John Lewis. Lewis spent boyhood days as a make-believe minister, preaching to a congregation of clucking birds at his rural home in Alabama. |
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© Provided by Associated Press CORRECTS POLITICAL PARTY FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT - FILE - In this Thursday, May 10, 2007 file photo, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in his office on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his audience didn’t care much for what he had to say. A son of Alabama sharecroppers, the young Lewis first.... |
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Sri Lankan born Popular Country singer Kerrigan La-Brooy’s Debut Gospel Single ‘Just A little Talk with Jesus’ has just relesed in Australia and then in Europe recently. His debut single ‘Just A little Talk with Jesus’, the first Single and the 9th Track off the album ‘Thank You Precious Lord’, entered the Australia Country Charts in June 2020. |
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