Word: creeds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...summer reading on those winter flights to Miami or points south. The problem with Howard's Bag is how to teach an old gimmick new tricks. With preposterous ease, Howard's truth-loving new secretary catches on to his secret and converts him to her own uncomfortable creed. The reformed sinner sets off to attack conventional hypocrisy, instead of trading on it as he used to. The author apparently intended a series of hard and funny confrontations as Howard, now obsessed with mendacity, tries to force his neighbors to give up even the small lies that make life...
That is a rather unusual creed for a real estate developer. Butter-pecan houses? But Emil Hanslin, a weather-beaten, chain-smoking dynamo of 52, is an unusual developer. An early proponent of cluster housing, he is now experimenting with a new way to preserve open space. Says he: "It's a very simple thing but a big idea. The buyer buys the whole acre, but he gives up part of his land to the community. That makes him feel like the Rockefellers, creating a system of space that he can enjoy and others can enjoy...
...cannot say that innocent people have not suffered at the hands of racists, madmen or drug addicts. But I would like to point out that our community is no different from others all over the world that share problems of race, creed and bigotry. Ninety-nine percent of us Cruzans love our island and wish to share it with others. We are not afraid to stand behind...
Hall's influence on the Press cannot be underestimated. Prior to his arrival with the Bok administration, the Press had been on shaky footing at best. In 1970-71, the deficit exceeded $450,000, and the Press has run in the red since 1967-68. The Press's creed that it existed "to publish as many good scholarly works as possible, short of bankruptcy," seemed to have been taken literally...
Hall's influence on the Press cannot be underestimated. Prior to his arrival with the Bok administration, the Press had been on shaky footing at best. In 1970-71, the deficit exceeded $450,000, and the Press has run in the red since 1967-68. The Press's creed that it existed "to publish as many good scholarly works as possible, short of bankruptcy," seemed to have been taken literally...