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...Texans had a state religion, it would probably be Baptist. Of Texas' 11,000-odd churches, 3,300 are Baptist (total membership: nearly a million). In Amarillo last week, at the state's Baptist General Convention, Executive Secretary Howard Williams reminded his brethren of the obligations that go with power. Said he: "Texas Baptists have grown to a mighty people. We must not be unmindful of the tremendous responsibility which goes with such strength. More than any other group of Christians, the general conditions in Texas, both good and evil, can be laid at the door...
That's the way it goes all along the line, So-called "antart-cash" is down on Yale, while many of the brethren prefer to call it the other way, shrugging off their decision in much the same fashion as Vern Miller '42, ex-tackle and Globe reporter, who explains his hopes for a Harvani win with "I've just got the feeling in my bones, and it's always been pretty reliable...
...shrewdies who think that since they are getting away with overnight parking now, they will continue to do so had better learn a lesson from their brethren who tried to insinuate women into choice, but masculine, seats in the Stadium cheering sections. Law enforcement has a way of tightening up that catches even the clever...
White-haired Bishop Barnes, 73, has long been a thorn in the Church of England's side. At one time or another during his 23-year career as head of the industrial diocese of Birmingham, he has scandalized his brethren by espousing euthanasia, sterilization, easy divorce. Many of his colleagues have undertaken to tell him off. But last week's public rebuke by the Primate of All England was the sternest he has yet received. This time, it was not a question of mere difference of opinion, but of his Church's faith. Last March, Barnes...
...social scientists are not entirely to blame for the gap between these two broad areas of knowledge, for their brethren have had the early advantage of precise mensuration not to mention far more liberal public endowment. While the lab technician can talk in milligrams and light years, the economist still grapples with unmeasurable concepts like "marginal utility...