Word: membership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ghosh, the party's general secretary, came out of a Politburo meeting in Trivandrum last week smiling happily. "The small party we have had until now," he declared, "is unsuitable. What we need is to develop a truly national character. We want a big party with a big membership." He seemed well on the way to getting just that...
...evidently up to the cleric in each individual case to distinguish between true willful Communists and those who are victims of illusion, hence of ignorance; between those who have freely chosen to belong to the Communist Party and those who have been driven by necessity to Communist Party membership...
...Sheikh Ali Muhsin Barwani, 38, a well-educated Zanzibar Arab, boldly filed for office not in a "safe" constituency of Arabs but for Ngambo (literally, the Other Side), the heavily African poor section of Zanzibar city. He counted on the fact that two-thirds of his party's membership is African...
Reasoning Approach. When Norvel Young went to Lubbock 13 years ago, there were five Churches of Christ in the city (pop. 139,000) with a total membership of about 1,300. Today there are 14 churches with 7,000 members (children under twelve not counted). And the biggest of these-the biggest Church of Christ in the world-is 1,800-member Broadway. Part of the credit for this growth goes to Lubbock, but much of it goes to Norvel Young's friendly, reasoning approach...
...overwhelmed with joy. I can say only thanks," said Nelson Higgins, tears streaming down his cheeks. Just before the benediction, an elderly white woman stood up and said: "God bless you, Mr. Higgins." Later. Pastor Higgins announced that he had received three applications for membership, and asked if there were more. Nine people came forward. (By week's end, membership had reached 16, including four whites.) To gather up the offering, pots and pans from the parsonage were pressed into service to supplement the four collection plates. In all, the throng contributed...