Word: flocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Perhaps more important to the success of the church is the good-neighbor policy Dr. Otterbein has fostered from the beginning. As neat brick bungalows mushroomed up in North Austin, he and his flock kept up steady personal evangelism on their own blocks. Their slogan was, "When you see a moving van, spend a nickel," referring to their pastor's request that any member who saw a moving van in his neighborhood call Dr. Otterbein so that he could go right over...
...Most Rev. Conrad Gröber, Archbishop of Freiburg, which German authorities had suppressed. "The schism of the German people is undeniable," the prelate declared, adding that instead of bringing unity the war has made the exclusion of confirmed Catholics more evident. And then he bade his flock reject passive resignation as against "conscience and ... the example of Christ" and urged them to resist Nazi efforts to teach their children anti-Christian doctrines...
...long, slow, bitter and devious fight. Yet the outcome, which was a 100% New Deal victory, contained unexpected cheer for Wall Street, too. On the same day that Frank announced he had broken the problem's back, utility holding company preferred stocks began to go up. A flock of them-Standard Gas, Engineers Public Service, Electric Power & Light, Commonwealth & Southern-made new highs for the year. Some brokers reported that 75% of their buying orders were for utility holding company preferreds and bonds. Most succinct explanation for this backhanded phenomenon was that of Shearson, Hammill & Co.: "About the only...
...Varsity gots its first taste of two new coaches yesterday as Al McCoy, formerly of Colby, drove the backfield prospects through their initial workout and Earl Brown took a promising flock of ends under his wing. Brown has the job on his hands of grooming a running mate for Loren MacKinney to take the place of Joe Koufman, who graduates...
...Protestant denominations in every big city have faced the problem of what to do with old churches in blighted neighborhoods and how to get new churches built in growing suburbs. Heretofore, congregations have had to meet the problem separately. Many a church has closed its doors or followed its flock elsewhere, but Mr. Middleton knows no previous instance of regional planning such as Philadelphia's Methodists now contemplate. Recommendations for merging or transferring a dozen churches are being studied, but the final decision in each case will still rest with the individual parishes...