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Congratulations to the farmers- we didn't know they were of such fine gram...
...command the efforts of his diocese-which comprises roughly the eastern half of Massachusetts-to meet the new religious needs of inner Boston. He wants to expand the church's chaplaincy services to universities in the Boston area, and thinks that the church should develop a pro gram of chaplains for industry to bridge the gap between religion and the workingman. "The church," he says, "should try to make religion relevant to the needs of all kinds of people. The church is not a sect organized around a particular doc trine or Biblical text. It is a great fellow...
...generations, the German hausfrau who prides herself on her cakes and cookies has owed her reputation to Dr. August Oetker. Dr. Oetker's baking powder has helped better her batter since the '90s, and raised its price only once (by 2 pfennigs to 12 for a 17-gram packet). And Herr Doctor's Baking Is Fun has sold 20 million copies-more than any other book in Germany save the Bible...
...coin was large (1⅝in. diameter), and among Arabs and Africans, who prize ample women, the profile of the Empress' thrusting decolletage was almost as ap pealing as the thaler's 23.4-gram silver content. So great was the demand for the coin that even after Maria Theresa's death the Vienna mint continued to make thalers, which, to convince untutored natives of their authenticity, were stamped 1780, the year the Empress died. Decade after decade, thalers continued to tinkle at bazaars from Istanbul to Yemen. Islamic missionaries carried the coins into Africa, where traders used...
...will be felt in the Chrysler '645. For inspiration he plans to visit Cape Canaveral to watch the mis siles fly by. "Can't you just imagine," he remarks, "how beautiful one of those things would look on four wheels?" Townsend's rigid quality-control pro gram enabled the company to cut its warranty costs on the '62 models by 30%, and Chrysler now offers a five-year war ranty on '63 motors and drive mechanisms. Says a top Chrysler man: "Three years ago we would have gone broke paying claims on this kind...