Word: annually
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...would be as strong as any other. As in any civil servants' union, he explained, it would be forbidden to strike. Indeed, its advocates argue the unionization of the army is a healthy sign that democracy has taken root. But what happens if war breaks out during the annual negotiations for a new contract? A 60-day cooling-off period? In officers' mess halls throughout West Germany, the whole idea still produces shudders of horror. After all, the only other unionized armies in Europe are those of Austria and Scandinavia...
Washington's annual International Ball this year had almost none of the normal rites of a blast for charity-no drawings, no door prizes, no speeches. Just dancing and plenty of it. All of which was fine by Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler, 58, who cheered: "This is one of the nicest I've been to." Alas, Fowler felt constrained to sit out the frugs and watusis. Remember those undignified pictures they took last February when he did a warm frug at a party with Carol Channing? "I'm just like Lindbergh," sighed Fowler. "Made one flight, became...
...Detroit, Mayor Jerry Cavanagh lost his battle with the city's retailers, and this year the annual "Detroit Aglow" ceremony will light off on Nov. 21 instead of Nov. 28. In Chicago, Montgomery Ward sent out its holiday catalogues three weeks earlier this year than last, Marshall Field & Co. will have its Christmas trees up a week earlier, and along Michigan Avenue, the stores of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Assn. have put up their decorations two weeks earlier than last year...
...denominational merger is about to create the nation's largest Protestant church. Meeting separately in Chicago last week, the general conferences of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren approved a formal constitution for their long-discussed union. If, as expected, the constitution is ratified by the annual regional conferences of both churches, the United Methodist Church-amalgamating 10.3 million Methodists and 750,000 members of the E.U.B.-will come into being in the spring of 1968. (The Southern Baptist Convention, currently the nation's largest Protestant faith, has 10.8 million members...
Instead, the talks have been devoted to the painstaking resolution of the minor ecclesiastical differences between the churches. The Methodists elect bishops for life, the E.U.B. for renewable four-year terms. Methodist district superintendents are appointed by bishops; E.U.B. superintendents are elected by the annual conferences. In the end, the E.U.B. voted to accept the Methodist practices in these areas...