Word: defaults
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, with no more than three committee members in favor of it, the community company seemed dead. More & more it looked as if the U.S. would fumble toward an international air policy by default; as long as Congress failed to act, the present domestic policy of controlled competition would simply be stretched to cover the globe...
...Repeal of the Johnson Act: this law, which forbids private loans to foreign governments that are in default on their old debts was sure to be repealed...
There was an out: the congregation could go into bankruptcy, default on the debt and start over. But they decided to pay. First, money was raised for a brick, dirt-floored, basement; it would be the foundation of a new church building, and could serve as a meeting place meanwhile. Then the congregation settled down to collecting the $50,000. It took 21 years-until Nov. 23, 1942. Pulpit-filling (236 Ibs.) Rev. J. H. Dotson promptly started a building fund, installed three small boxes near the door for contributions...
...Nazis, a common defense of the Jews. The Church in occupied Europe has taken a new lease on life because it has fought not only for its own preservation but for all freedom. Churches grown listless and smug under state support turned suddenly about in the state's default and themselves assumed the responsibility of leadership...
...thing was clear: when the meeting is held, the agenda will be primarily political, not military. One question-Poland's boundary dispute with Russia-seemed already solved by default. Last week the U.S. made it clear that it would not guarantee Poland's pre-1939 borders (see FOREIGN NEWS...