Word: cash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Need to Give. More often, ministers and priests who seek to promote tithing emphasize man's need to give, rather than God's need for cash. Tithing thus becomes an act of worship, expressing the giver's personal commitment to God. Says Dr. John Anschutz of Washington's Christ Episcopal Church Georgetown: "We emphasize not so much tithing as the convinced Christian's need to take a serious look at what stewardship really means: it is a definite commitment, a very real investment of one's time, talent and treasure. Tithing is a small...
Indonesia's President Sukarno, who sorely lacks troopships, trained soldiers and hard cash for his threatened invasion of Netherlands New Guinea, is banking on jingo power to persuade the world that he means business. Though Sukarno last week slightly softened his repeated demand for immediate sovereignty over Netherlands New Guinea, allowing that "sooner or later" will be good enough, Indonesia's government and armed forces acted as if the country were already at war. Officials set up blood banks, ordered air-raid drills, recruited volunteer troops. Through Djakarta's streets tramped Irian Barat (West New Guinea) Liberation...
Thousands of farmers have been resettled by the government in the high plateau province of Pleiku. Generally they agree that conditions are better than in their old homes. But a local supervisor says bluntly, "Their rice and cash allotments are being stolen by the regional authorities. The wood they cut is confiscated by officials who sell it and pocket the money. The fertilizer they are supposed to get goes to the black market...
...London the cash-on-the-line sale (an estimated $8,400,000) meant a break in Peking's isolation from the West, perhaps a further widening of the Sino-Soviet rift. With the Vickers Viscounts go technicians and spare parts, spelling an end to Russia's grip on Red Chinese aviation. Word of new deals followed -trucks, fuel and lubricating oil. more planes...
...Texas rangeland between Houston and Galveston. The two companies expect to spend $25 million a year for the next 15 years to put up apartments, factories, churches and shopping centers in the shadow of NASA's manned space flight laboratory. Humble will supply better than 50% of the cash and all the land. Webb will furnish the balance of the bankroll and the know-how for the most ambitious land development in Texas history. Said Webb expansively: "We view this as a program which could mean $375 tb $500 million in development for the Houston area...