Word: outlooks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...still around the palace, and his powers are largely ceremonial. The King's last personal armed force is being merged into the army. The King, whose cunning is legendary, may use his fortune, estimated at more than $100 million, to buy out his pro-Feisal kinsmen. The outlook was perhaps best forecast by an Arab journalist: "I see ahead a period of intrigue and suspicion, in which a passing word from a harem woman might take the sleep for nights from the eyes of important princes...
...Applause began to build among the legislators, and Romney's voice choked as he finished his speech: "As far as I'm concerned, I have answered those two questions, and I am indifferent to the personal political consequences involved." The lawmakers stood and cheered-making the outlook for both Michigan and George Romney a little brighter for the moment. Said Romney, returning to the microphone: "I know this has been dry, but I am heartened by your reaction...
Spot & Mop. Overjoyed at his son's return, the Gimo nevertheless thought him too Russian in his outlook and had him tutored for two years to "make him Chinese again." Ever since, Ching-kuo has loyally and efficiently handled a succession of jobs for his father, ranging from operating a concentration camp for Communist suspects on Green Island to creating a system of political commissars to check on loyalty in the army. Under Ching-kuo, Nationalist guerrillas probe the mainland for soft spots in the defenses and public disaffection with the Red regime. Over the past two years, some...
...Long View. Economists use a company's outlook for growth as the most sensible-though a far from infallible-standard of when dividends should be paid. A fairly young, growing company usually needs more cash to finance expansion and lay a firm financial base, and its earnings, if any, should really be kept for that purpose. A mature company, whose finances are healthy and whose growth is steady and predictable, ordinarily does not need so much ready cash and can pay out a sizeable portion of earnings...
...wider outlook began to prevail. The church's first official missionary branch, the Society for Propagating the Gospel, was chartered in 1701. In the 19th century, Anglican evangelizing got valuable assistance from the U.S. Protestant Episcopal Church. At the first Lambeth conference of Anglican Bishops, in 1867, there were 68 prelates from outside England and Wales. At the next Lambeth conference, in 1968, more than two-thirds of the 350 bishops will represent countries where English is not the mother tongue...