Word: levels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most faiths and denominations will learn to tolerate internal sectarianism, a growth of little churches, or quasi churches, within the parent bodies. Such religious groups could be like the Christian underground or "liberated" churches. Ecumenism may well be halted at the formal institutional level as various denominations grow to cherish their distinctive characteristics all over again. At the same time, there will be more interfaith communication among individuals and among local churches...
...suburbs. Clerical workers commonly put in only 35 hours a week in Manhattan v. 40 in some nearby towns, and their turnover rate averages 34% a year, against 15% in Stamford, Conn. Worst of all, Yaseen reports, it is becoming almost impossible to attract middle-level executives to New York, because living costs average 40% higher than in, say, Dallas or Nashville and 12% higher than in Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Detroit. He figures that in the next ten years, "advertising agencies, banks, brokerage houses and shipping companies will not move out, but it is likely that many...
...Private U.S. investment abroad passes $100 billion, double the 1960 level...
...London market last week, the price of privately traded gold dipped to $34.80 per ounce for the first time since it was freed to find its own level 22 months ago. The decline, from a high of $43.80 as recently as last March, represented a resounding defeat for speculators and for theorists who had argued that the official price of gold should be raised and the dollar should be devalued. It was a victory for the U.S. and for those moneymen who believe that gold's power in world affairs should be diminished...
...said, puts greater emphasis on the senses of sight and hearing. He argued that as conduits for soul mergers, the eyes and ears are superior to the mouth, which responds to the inflammatory sense of touch. In effect, Castiglione legitimized bedroom eyes and sweet nothings. But at a higher level, he encouraged women to converse with men, thus helping to refine the male while at the same time raising the female's status and dignity as a human being...