Word: liberia
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...turn our eyes outside Europe and America for once. There are other continents . . . containing great leaders ... I nominate William Vacanarat Shradrach Tubman, 18th President of Liberia . . . For ten years he has worked quietly to build his country and give it spiritual and moral leadership...
...Checking over the translation of the Bible in common use in Liberia, Dr. Eugene A. Nida of the American Bible Society discovered a jolting fact. Instead of "Lead us not into temptation" in the Lord's Prayer, a misplaced inflection has long had Liberian Christians praying: "Do not catch us when...
...projects in British, French, Belgian and Portuguese dependencies in Africa prevents major participation of U.S. investors. As a result, almost two-thirds of the U.S.'s relatively small investment in Africa ($350 million) is in South Africa, where the investment climate is still favorable, and in Liberia. The Far East attracts little U.S. private capital: only $284 million, or 2.4% of total U.S. direct investment abroad...
...Ambassador to Liberia: Jess Dwight Locker, 62, a prominent Cincinnati Negro leader and lawyer, six-time member of the city council, an amateur cook...
...twenty-four growing years, it trained leaders in public health from around the world. Expeditions studied disease in the four corners of the globe, returning with information for further research. Dr. Richard Strong lead a series of trips through the Belgian Congo and Liberia during the middle thirties, while Dr. George Shattuck investigated the health problems of Guatemala. These were but a few of many varied trips sponsored by the school in cooperation with foreign health organizations...