Word: generously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unnecessary expense, and gave many South Koreans lush windfalls. In holding to 180 to $1, Rhee also broke his 1953 agreement with the U.S., by which the hwan is supposed to be pegged to the Pusan wholesale price index (which, at that time, would have given him a generous rate...
...National Council of Churches of Christ reported that the collection plates of 47 member churches yielded $1.5 billion in 1953-54, an increase of $136 million over 1952-53. The most generous givers were Seventh-day Adventists, with an average yearly contribution of $173.35 apiece. The next five, in order: Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, $170.39; Church of the Nazarene, $118.33; Orthodox Presbyterian Church, $112.56; Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America, $109.03; Conference of the Evangelical Mennonite Church...
While many a dairyman and grain farmer fretted about sagging Government price supports, wool growers had much to be thankful for last week. The Agriculture Department announced a guarantee of 62? a Ib. for the 1955 wool clip, 17% above the current support level and a generous 106% of parity. The bigger subsidy, authorized by congressional revision of the Wool Act last summer, was designed to spur wool output to 300 million Ibs. annually from a near-record low of 230 million Ibs. this year...
...brandy drinker, he called for a glass of water and downed it, remarking with a twinkle: "I only do it to show you that I can." Churchill hailed Eden's achievement at London as "a monument and a milestone in our march toward peaceful coexistence," paid generous tribute to the U.S. (see JUDGMENTS & PROPHECIES), spoke again, wistfully, of his dream of coexistence with a kindlier Russia...
...girls they care for have a nickname, too: it is UM (for unmarried mothers). Most UMs are under 20, victims of a lie, or of violence, or possessors of an over-generous nature. One of the most tragic cases in St. Anne's history: a ravished child of eleven who still believed in Santa Claus and carried a rag doll to bed with her each night. For the rest, "we get a girl who has slipped," Sister Winifred says, "but who is trying to do what is right...