Word: closing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mankind's spiritual aspirations. World War I destroyed Barth's faith in secular optimism; he was also appalled that his teachers supported the war policy of Kaiser Wilhelm. While serving as a pastor of a Reformed church in the Swiss village of Safenwill, Barth returned to the close study of Scripture. In 1918, he published a modest little book called The Epistle to the Romans. Rewritten and expanded in 1921, the work, in the words of Roman Catholic Scholar Karl Adam, "fell like a bombshell on the playgrounds of the theologians...
...more about blocking to become a real pro star. Sellers, the top college receiver this season, with 86 receptions, is a swift, shifty end already running the kind of pass patterns the pros prize. His strongest asset: "a complete disregard for personal welfare when going after the ball." A close runner-up is Jim Seymour, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 4 in., 205 Ibs. Though a few pro teams question his speed, one scout lauds his "knack of keeping his eyes on the defender and on the ball at the same time...
Nothing Doing. Small-time operators are particularly unwelcome at firms whose operations are badly snarled. Hayden, Stone & Co., which last month decided to close ten offices and fire 200 of its 1,100 customers' men, has told survivors that they will not be paid for taking orders that earn less than $12 in commissions. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis says no to anyone who wants to open a new account with an order of less than $1,000 for a listed stock, or $5,000 for an over-the-counter stock. E.F. Hutton & Co. turns down would-be clients with...
...then swiftly passed from one to another until the store detectives cannot tell, as one put it, "What's what or who's who." Some San Francisco store owners, particularly those in the immediate vicinity of high schools, have become so intimidated by the kids that they close their doors during lunch and when students are going to or from school...
Sparing of speech, White is noted for his availability to students. "He doesn't say much," said David C. McClellan, professor of Psychology, and a close friend for over 12 years, "but he's always willing to listen...