Word: joined
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were wanted in the churches where they have gone. "They are simple people to whom forms and ceremonies are as strange as a foreign tongue, but they love the Lord. Have you been willing to gather with them in their home or perhaps in a crude storefront building and join with them in singing Bringing in the Sheaves, just because you love them in Christ...
...Join Western Europe's OEEC and consider carefully whether to join the Common Market...
...Police. Its methods of recruitment are novel: believers go in relays to the house of a hoped-for convert and, day and night, chant the magic formula. Irate neighbors frequently call the police but are sometimes flabbergasted to find that the policemen often belong to Soka Gakkai too, and join their voices to the chanting. Often the unfortunate target will give up and become a member of Soka Gakkai just to get some sleep...
...sect has collided with labor unions as well as police. Three years ago thousands of Soka Gakkai coal miners refused to join a strike because it would mean a violation of Nichiren's teaching that work is a blessing. The issue was compromised: union leaders promised not to interfere with the conversion of workers and Soka Gakkai agreed to recognize strikes aimed at "bettering the workers...
COLOR TV SETS will soon be put on sale by Admiral Corp., because President Ross D. Siragusa believes there is finally a good market for color. Other TV makers, except color pioneer RCA, are still skeptical, do not seem likely to join in production. Admiral hopes to overcome consumer color-TV resistance by offering one-year guarantee on all parts, v. usual 90-day warranty...