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...election seemed to confirm that for Argentina in the near future the worst was over. Foreign commerce is picking up, the peso is rallying, and the cost-of-living curve is flattening...
...cocktailparty cheek-kiss. Such stories originate not in an event but in a discovery-a correspondent, a writer or an editor has an impression, based on his own experience, that an old tradition is no longer honored or that a new mannerism is in vogue. It is easy to confirm (or sometimes to knock down) his hunch by checking with our correspondents in all parts of the country, who often turn up significant sectional variations in U.S. behavior that add to the story. An editor's observation that more teen agers spend their summer vacations working than used...
...part-man, part-superman, part-God image served UD by most sermons. "Our effort," says Conzelmann, "is to make that image more precise." The disciples also charge that most of their critics misunderstand the purpose and methodology of the new quest. Far from destroying faith, it is meant to confirm it by establishing the facts about the earthly Jesus that even the most critical scientific historian would have to accept. More important, the quest seeks to prove that there is a historic continuity between the preaching of the earthly Jesus and the early church's proclamation of the Risen...
...ruthless disregard for personal liberties. His secret police force has quashed all significant, internal political opposition, either by forcing heretics into exile or by liquidating them. Exiled opposition leaders estimate that there have been some 2000 executions in the past month alone; independent observers, including diplomats and newspapermen, essentially confirm this estimate...
Washington's April figures on business confirm that everything-or almost everything-is coming up roses: > Employment, which usually slides in March, instead climbed 900,000 to a record 68.1 million. > The industrial production index rose 2 points to a record 122.4 (1957-59 =100), showing strength in all manufacturing industries. > Private housing starts rose 7% to 1,630,000 units. > Orders for durable goods climbed 4%, while sales of durables advanced 2.5%. > The backlog of durable goods orders totaled $45.9 billion, up nearly $3 billion since January...