Word: firm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years, Pakistan's President Mohammed Ayub Khan has ruled his country with the firm hand of a field marshal, which he is. Under his version of "basic democracy," Ayub's rule is sustained by indirect elections through a sympathetic electoral college of 120,000 educated Pakistanis. He, in turn, provides Pakistan with political stability and a steadily improving economy. But last week Pakistan's facade of political calm cracked. A would-be assassin took two wild potshots at Ayub. Student riots broke out in half a dozen cities...
...structures which fit a theology that is no longer accepted," he says, "but we don't have the structures to fit the emerging theology." The new understanding of the church as an organic spiritual community implies a spirit of democracy; of shared authority. Yet it is the firm view of Pope Paul-backed overwhelmingly by the bishops-that the church was founded by Jesus Christ as an absolute monarchy, and cannot be changed without doing violence to God's intentions...
...Anne McDonnell Ford, 48, who has devoted her energies to charity work and maintaining her position in fashion's Hall of Fame since her 23-year marriage to Henry Ford II ended in divorce four years ago; and Deane Johnson, 50, senior partner in the Los Angeles law firm of O'Melveny & Myers; both for the second time; in Daughter Charlotte Ford Niarchos' penthouse apartment; in Manhattan...
...businessmen both at home and abroad. At last week's New York Stock Exchange closing, the Dow-Jones index of 30 industrial stocks had climbed to 965.88, up 19.65 since Election Day. And the spurt, noted Ralph Creasman, president of the Lionel D. Edie & Co. investment counseling firm, would have been bigger except that "we'd already absorbed," discounted and anticipated a Nixon victory." Indeed, since the so-called "Nixon market" began its surge in August, the stock market has enjoyed a price runup...
...modern plants are active in metal fabrication, electronics, optical instruments, diesel engines and other fields. Along with low labor costs, they get easy access to Asian markets from Singapore's key location at the tip of the Malay Peninsula. Swan Hunter International, a British shipbuilding and repairing firm, is using that geographical fillip to advantage. Noting that no fewer than 127 mammoth tankers of more than 200,000 tons are on order throughout the world, the company is expanding repair facilities at the naval base to handle the ships that will pass by Singapore en route from Japan...