Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...congratulate you on the presentation of the situation in which Christian missionaries find themselves today and of their work. I was especially happy to find that the article ends on a note of triumph and hope. That a magazine of your stature and worldwide circulation sees fit to use as its lead feature a consideration of the Christian world mission should go far in refuting the pessimistic pronouncements heard in some quarters (even among church members) that "the day of missions is through...
...were not taken with Novelist Salinger's 16-year-old hero, a sensitive boy named Holden Caulfield who goes underground for 48 hours in Manhattan to escape insensitive grownups. The book, said they, had "filth on nearly every page." One four-letter word in particular made it "not fit to read." Their demand: fire the teacher...
...well as ability. The man who raises his voice or loses his temper is frowned on, the lone wolf considered a troublemaker. This collective leadership, says one manager, "works like a dream. But to be brutally frank about it, if somebody ever came here who wouldn't fit in, we'd have our ways of taking care...
...recipient of welfarism . . . mortgages himself to the federal government. In return for benefits-which, in the majority of cases, he pays for-he concedes to the government the ultimate in political power-the power to grant or withhold from him the necessities of life as the government sees fit...
...only outside FCC jurisdiction, but the Telemeter closed-circuit system uses leased cables, not the public air waves. Affirmative results are piling up. Of 13,000 homes that are potential FeeVee customers, close to 4,000 have subscribed (initial fee: $5). New installations of the coin boxes-they fit any standard TV set-are going on at the rate of 100 a day. With a choice of three pay channels, stay-at-home patrons are happily shelling out for first-run movies (a sampling: A Summer Place, The Gazebo, Sink the Bismarck) at the rate...