Word: manners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jordan's Foreign Minister Samir Rifai, a man often assailed in the Middle East as a U.S. puppet, held a press conference in Amman, and U.S. prestige took another nose dive. The manner of the U.S. arms delivery, with U.S. Ambassador Lester Mallory and a gaggle of Jordanian notables watching from a special dais alongside the Amman airfield runway, had made an "unfortunate impression" in his country, said Rifai. "We do not feel justified," he said, "in interfering in the internal affairs of Syria." After routinely thanking the U.S. for the arms, he went on to suggest that they...
...young republic met last week to see if they could keep their independence and still remain a nation. Said Prime Minister Djuanda: "The central government does not wish to dictate anything. Let's not find faults. Let's discuss our problems with open hearts, and a brotherly manner...
...shampooed repeatedly with a surgical detergent enriched with hexachlorophene to sterilize the scalp. The hair is combed carefully away from the place of incision, made to lie flat and remain securely in place by spraying with a non-lacquer wave-set compound. The operation is performed in the normal manner, but surgeons need expose less than three-quarters of an inch of scalp in making the incision. Dr. Williams notes that many women become depressed after having their heads shaved, feels the new technique will help diminish anxiety over brain surgery. So far Dr. Williams has used the hair-saving...
...Episcopalians compete within one big church?" The two practical plans for unity which will be offered at Oberlin embody just this principle. One plan would join all churches that function "episcopally, congregationally and presbyterially," leaving local congregations free to administer the sacraments of Baptism and Communion in their own manner. A second plan is for a "federal union" in which each denomination would remain an entity, e.g., "the Methodist branch of the United Church of Christ...
...Catholic University, told some 600 delegates that Roman Catholicism had failed to provide its share of leaders for the U.S. Catholic graduates, said Ellis, have not, by and large, won "those influential posts wherein the mind of a nation is so often molded in a long-range manner through scholarship." One "great fault" of the Catholic school system, added Ellis, is a "certain failure to stimulate Catholic youth to think for themselves...