Word: outposted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...white desert of the geographic South Pole, a house of worship was dedicated last week. Its congregation: the 17 men of the Deep Freeze IV outpost in Antarctica. The "Chapel of Our Faith" began when the outpost's recreation building, where religious services had been held, caved in under the weight of snow. Navy Petty Officer C. Norman Engel, 37, of Spring Lake. N.J., requested permission to build a chapel in its place out of spare lumber, and all members of the group worked at the project-painting, decorating, or just shoveling snow...
...troops are not entirely happy. Younger officers are disgruntled because their careers are slowed by the superabundance of brass at the top; e.g., Paraguay's two-gunboat navy has seven admirals. Early this month Stroessner arrested several junior army officers and transferred others to a searing Chaco outpost. It may be lonely to be South America's last dictator, but Stroessner does not intend to be blown over by breezes from a distant Caribbean island...
...about $1,000-the amount it collects for a boarding semester at Stanford-for plane fare to Germany, board, room and tuition. Thoughtfully, Stanford officials made no provision for return flights to the U.S. Best evidence of Landgut Burg's success: the university is seriously considering a similar outpost in Florence, has in the back of its mind a Stanford-in-France and a Stanford-in-Mexico...
...Worshipers. Base camp for Teacher Duff's job is the jungle outpost of Yarinacocha. Bush planes fly the Tennessee teacher and her partner, Florida-reared Mary Ruth Wise, to the vicinity of Amuesha villages, land on the rivers. From there the journeys are by foot or raft. For three months each year, the women return to Yarinacocha with likely Indian prospects, help turn the natives into teachers. The Peruvian government pays salaries of Indian teachers and helps finance the base settlement, but Teacher Duff and fellow linguists who work with other tribes are supported by Wycliffe Bible Translators...
...Chinese drivers. At another embassy a Chinese cook refused to bake a supply of cookies after he learned that a Dutchman was coming to dinner. Fearing that they too might get the treatment, foreign diplomats now tend to avoid the Dutch mission, which has become the loneliest diplomatic outpost in the world. Every fortnight or so The Hague gets a frantic cable from Slingenberg, protesting the circumstances. The Dutch, who see no way to help him out of his predicament, intend to leave him to his own devices until his transfer comes through next December...