Word: lents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lyndon Johnson borrowed money to pay taxes. So did Harry Truman. And in the space of a few hours, San Francisco's Bank of America lent $75,000 to one harried taxpayer, $100,000 to another...
...loose women, Jews, Negroes, Roman Catholics (whose "dago" Pope was bent on taking over the U.S.), and anybody else who was not a native-born white Protestant Anglo-Saxon. Many churchmen across the nation acclaimed the Klan's program, and in the South especially, Methodist and Baptist clergymen lent the K.K.K. massive support. It was not long before it blossomed into a mighty nationwide organization that claimed to number in its hooded ranks about 4,000,000 members...
...have been accustomed to singing the Lenten hymn, Lord Who Throughout These Forty Days. After reading of Bishop Donegan's suggestion that Lent be shortened from 40 days to a single week or two [March 12], our organist left for me the following note: "Perhaps next year we'll be singing Lord Who Threw Out These Forty Days...
...Instant coffee! Instant Lent! Evaporated ministers next...
Strong Motives. The continuing air of unease lent urgency to the cry for reform of the international monetary system, in which the world still depends heavily on dollars. The U.S. Joint Congressional Economic Committee last week proposed that all hard-money nations should at long last kick in to create a new pool of reserves, thus sharing with the U.S. both the burdens and rewards of serving as banker to the world...