Word: communalized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their own perfervid wills." Gill also casts a skeptical eye on the nondenominational. evangelical Philippines Crusade, which sprang up in the wake of Billy Graham's 1956 tour through Southeast Asia. The evangelists, he says, are a ticking time bomb. "The doctrinal havoc, the personal tensions, the communal wreckage will come later as Stateside purse strings become puppet strings even upon the pleasant, well-meaning young men directing the crusade . . . How brief the independence of churches which, having pulled away from mission-board paternalism, flung themselves down before fundamentalist imperialism...
...Gladys Lloyd Robinson Collection, one of the finest private ingatherings in America, was sold this week for $3,250,000. Made up mostly of French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, the collection was doomed when the Robinsons were divorced last August and the California courts directed that their communal property be equally divided. But Movie Tough-Guy Robinson, unable to part with all his pictures ("I would like to keep them all"), held on to 14 of them. The balance of the collection-58 paintings and one bronze-went to Manhattan's M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. A mystery remained...
There are some undergraduates, however, who prefer to live outside the Houses although they do not fulfill the qualifications. These individuals find that the Houses, with their overcrowding, make it impossible to pursue studies or other work in peace, quiet, and solitude. Communal living is beneficial, but there are times when a quiet nook away from the world and roommates is more desirable...
Many times daily the twin forces of necessity and custom force the Cliffite to enter into the communal life of her dormitory. In most of the dorms, a rising bell at 7:30 a.m. first awakes the residents to the fact that they are living in a communal building. In addition, fire regulations forbid the Cliffite to smoke or cook in her room, thus forcing her to take cigarette and coffee breaks with her fellows in her floor smoker or kit-chenette...
...Communal Work Program...