Word: missions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Trick. The first revolt was staged by a lowly lieutenant colonel in an army overloaded with generals. His name was Untung,* which means "Good Luck," and he commanded a battalion in the palace guards. He launched his troops on a double mission: to round up 20 generals and seize Radio Indonesia...
...never saw it before. We are truly in the world, and yet ultimately not of it. For through the bramble bush of doubt and fear and supposed success we are grouping our way to the realization that above all else, we are called to be saints. That is the mission the Church everywhere. And in this, Selma, Alabama is like all the world: it needs the life and witness of militant Saints...
...commanders in Viet Nam have a far different problem. It is their difficult task to conduct a growing war against the Communists and at the same time avoid killing or wounding civilians-a mission spelled out in some detail by U.S. General William Westmoreland to U.S. forces in Viet Nam last July. "It is imperative that all our officers and men," said Westmoreland, "understand the importance of minimizing noncombatant casualties whenever possible." Easier said than done in a guerrilla war that often makes the innocent the willing or unwilling neighbors of the enemy...
...Sorry, lady," said the guard outside the U.S. Air Force PX in Madrid. "The rule says no slacks allowed." The rule had been imposed in deference to Spanish propriety on orders from the commander of the U.S. Military Mission, Major General Stanley Donovan. Clad in grey flannel slacks, the lady, Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke, wife of the U.S. ambassador, and a priestess of high fashion in Washington when her husband was the State Department's Chief of Protocol, sheepishly stepped aside and let Mrs. Donovan herself-clad in the regulation skirt-go in to buy the golf balls they...
...Apostolate of the Laity.Where does the layman stand in the church? This 72-page schema attempts to give the answer. discusses the layman's role in the church's mission, his place in family life, work and politics, the responsibilities of Catholic organizations...