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...more than 90 nations from Australia to South Africa and South Korea to Finland. Nowhere has it found more ardent followers than in Brazil. There are now 2,600,000 Pentecostalists in that nominally Catholic country-a gain of 1,100,000 since 1962. A major reason for the harvest is that, despite the Brazilians' traditionally easygoing approach to religion, many seem to be drawn by the intimacy and fervor of Pentecostal services, the joyous and uninhibited hymn singing, and the upright rigidity of the church's moral standards (no smoking or drinking...
...value of a similar podium, both Love and Chafee last December coveted the chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association. Rather than cut one another up in a tough campaign for the post, they compromised-giving it to Love this year, Chafee next year, so that both could harvest a few headlines...
Earlier this month, Rhodesia's 3,000 tobacco farmers, who have been the staunchest supporters of the white supremacist regime, heard their government's dictated solution. Next year's harvest must be cut by 34%, which means that some 600 of the country's farmers will either have to grow other commodities or get out of the business...
...money to give you, but I'll give you my sons." More than 8,000 young Americans volunteered to go to Israel, and 200 of them managed to get in before the U.S. State Department barred travel to the area. They were expected to help with the harvest that is due soon and to fill in for men at the front. Many Americans already in Israel fled the area (see following story), but a goodly number insisted on staying and helping. Cabled a Brooklyn girl to her worried parents: SINCE WHEN HAS OUR FAMILY BEGUN TO RAISE CHICKENS...
With almost all men and many women over 18 serving in the army, the Israelis are short of workers to harvest the crops and keep the country functioning...