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Billy was desolate. That night he prowled the school golf course praying and weeping, and at last made a fateful decision: he would devote his life fulltime to God.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The New Evangelist | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

Experienced teachers should be able to devote summer time to their own intellectual interests, Pusey continued, rather than to further study of teaching methods.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Attacks Requirements For Teachers | 10/21/1954 | See Source »

¶ Leston P. Faneuf, 49, became company-wide general manager of Buffalo's Bell Aircraft Corp. Lawrence D. (for Dale) Bell, 60, who remains as president, thought that the company was getting too big for one boss, will devote himself to policy matters while Faneuf handles operations. Before he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Oct. 18, 1954 | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

¶ Chicago's Bishop Bernard J. Sheil, who resigned last month without explanation as head of the Catholic Youth Organization (rumors linked the resignation with the bishop's repeated attacks on Joe McCarthy), announced his plans for the future : "I intend to devote all of my available time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words & Works | 10/11/1954 | See Source »

Died. James Howell Street, 50, prolific manufacturer of historical novels (Tap Roots, Goodbye, My Lady), who began at 20 as a Baptist minister, became a newspaperman (A. P., New York World-Telegram) until free-lance success in the late '30s allowed him to devote all his time to his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 11, 1954 | 10/11/1954 | See Source »

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