Word: adding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week Pope John himself, on the occasion of an ad-lib address to some 10,000 pilgrims and tourists, just happened to draw attention to a major doctrinal difference that ranges Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy on one side and Protestantism on the other. Extolling the role of the Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic theology, the Pontiff, while not mentioning Protestants by name, lamented the "many who also hold to the name of Christians who have forgotten the Madonna and left her outside their door...
...made in two potential wives, "Dolly," Drum's marital expert, coldly suggested: "Providence will reward you"). The difference between the West African, who does not mind being black, and the South African native, who does, shows up in Drum's two editions; e.g., a pomade ad in the South African edition promises to de-kink hair, but for West African readers the same product touts its ability to preserve natural curl...
Small Plot. In San Diego, the Union ran a classified ad: "Girl, pet, share my studio cottage, yard. No work...
...ledger that in 1940 an economist, wading through Hearst's 94 separate corporations, discovered outstanding debts of $126 million. What Hearst was after was possessions, power and journalistic influence. His successors, a 13-man board of trustees headed by hard-eyed Richard E. Berlin, 65, a onetime Hearst ad salesman, prefer, where possible, to take a profit and let the influence...
Double Entry. In Charles City, Iowa, the Press ran a classified ad: "I will not be responsible for any debts other than my own. Kenneth Wagner, Nashua"; next day ran a followup: "I've paid all his bills. There's none left to pay. Mrs. Kenneth Wagner...