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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...founded the "Mission to Paris." Specially trained young priests began to take jobs in factories to pursue their evangelizing mission more effectively; wearing overalls, they held fulltime jobs, said Mass and performed other pastoral duties during off hours. By 1953, it was obvious that something had gone wrong: of almost 150 worker-priests, some 20 had married and left the church while others had joined Communist unions or Redline causes. Pope Pius XII sternly limited les prêtres-ouvriers to three hours of factory life a day, but only a handful submitted; others left the church, and only...
...gift, astute M.S.U. President John Hannah appointed Vice President Durward B. Varner, 42, as chancellor and gave him the job of turning Oakland into a dream college. Varner recruited 25 of the nation's best young teachers (average age: 33) as the nucleus of his faculty; almost all are Ph.D.s v. an average of 30% in other colleges. He managed to pry $670,-ooo out of the money-strapped Michigan legislature to pay the first year's salaries and maintenance, and with help from some of the country's top scholars laid out a challenging curriculum...
DEODORANTS. "Camera shots or angles which show or almost show the human armpit seem especially distasteful...
...spill out. The slurry is passed through a screen and centrifuge to remove fibrous material and insoluble carbohydrates. Then the protein is separated from the oil by commercial solvents, and dried. The result is a white, odorless, tasteless powder, which can be baked in bread or added to almost any food. Two ounces a day is enough to complete a man's diet, and the cost is only a few cents...
Congress' refusal to raise the ceiling on the long-term end of the Government bond market has forced the Treasury to do all its financing in the inflationary short end. Between now and Jan. 1, the Treasury has to refinance almost $12 billion in old debt and borrow $7 billion in new cash. So much money borrowed in the short end has created a strong pressure to shove all interest rates higher. The process is already operating. Last week, as the 91-day bill rate went up to nearly 4.2% from 3.979% on the sale a week before...