Word: giving
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...committee of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) ruled that artificial insemination of a wife by someone other than her husband is a violation of the marriage vows; without the husband's consent, it should be grounds for divorce. Furthermore, "we do not think a husband ought to give his consent to insemination," said the committee report. "We doubt if he would in his heart ever do more than unwillingly agree...
...filled with offal, to hang in agony sometimes a week or more before dying. "The persecuters were well aware that entire districts would be depopulated if all Christians were killed," says Drummond, "and so from the beginning they aimed to make apostates rather than martyrs." Many Japanese preferred to give up their Christianity. But a surprising number held out to the death. In Shimabara 36,000 men, women and children, offered the way to freedom if they renounced their faith, chose to be killed instead. In one district, not a single Christian was spared. Says Drummond: "More than...
...looking into a charge that two board members had "pecuniary" interest in last year's purchase of a new school site. Whatever the outcome, the Aldine school system was already a proven mess. Many a weary citizen spoke out in favor of a sad but sound solution: give all of Aldine's schools to Houston...
...houses, ranging from $8,975 to $25,950, offer extra space, glamour and luxury touches (gables, palm trees, sliding glass doors), yet sell for about $1,500 less than those of most of his competitors. Last week Long added yet another attraction: with each purchase, he will give a free acre of mountain retreat land near the Kaibab National Forest, 178 miles north of Phoenix, provide a modern cabin...
Gordon was surely one of the best captains in recent history; his running skill and his leadership held the team together. Benjamin's gritty victory in the Heps typified his tremendous determination that gave him one University record and may yet give him another. These two, along with 11 other seniors, will be missed next year...