Word: lent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Love You." On the way to Independence the ex-President took his first crack at being "plain Mr. Truman." Leaving the presidential car Ferdinand Magellan, which Ike had lent him for the occasion, Truman strolled through the train. He popped his head in at the door of a Pullman compartment and seemed delighted when the couple inside failed to recognize him immediately. Said he: "Things are getting back to normal when that happens." Pushing on into a coach car, he told reporters: "This is the first time I have been in a coach in eight years, and in the future...
...well as their eyes was pioneered by the Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, which began combining concerts with art exhibitions back in 1914. Last week Toledo pioneered again, by staging the first comprehensive show of illuminated music manuscripts ever held in the U.S. One of its finest items (lent by the Cleveland Museum of Art) is reproduced on the following page. Below the figure of Christ enthroned in a huge capital A is the opening of a hymn which begins, "Aspiciens alonge, ecce, video dei potentiam" (As I look from afar, behold, I see the power of God). The square...
...president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Eugene Black has lent $874,187,000 abroad. But the more he lent the more he became convinced that the free world needs U.S. lending less than U.S. spending. Last week, speaking to the Economic Club of New York, Black called for "a fundamental and lasting change" in U.S. tariff policy. Said he: "Clearly . . . the U.S. should open her markets to the free world . . . It is my belief that no other single factor could do as much in the long run to strengthen the world economy as an expansion in American...
...official change will mean a saving of $1,000 for a prelate who has to outfit himself from scratch. Specifically, the Pope has ordered : 1) that the fantail on both purple and red cassocks be eliminated, 2) that purple robes, which are used in time of mourning and during Lent and Advent, be made of wool instead of silk (the scarlet formal dress will continue to be made of silk), 3) that the six-yard train on the cappa magna, the long ceremonial cape which cardinals wear, be shortened to three yards...
...getting things done in his two years (1947-49) as boss of the World Bank. When he took over, the bank had sold no bonds, made no loans, was all but falling apart. McCloy built enough confidence in the bank to float $250 million in bonds in the U.S., lent $650 million to eight nations after satisfying himself that they were good risks. "This is a bank, not a relief agency," was his attitude...