Word: presenting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...father-in-law relent, and Mabe began to paint again. Two years ago he decided to make the break, sold out the family's small plot of land at a loss and set off for Sao Paulo to paint, and sell ties. On his own, he developed his present style, in which a basic, slashing, abstract expressionist manner is given style by hints of the elegant lines of Japanese calligraphy and architecture...
Explaining the report on the BBC last week, Committee Chairman Christie summed up: "If any member of the committee were asked if he considered suicide wrong he would say it was. Of course there are always exceptions. But in general, Christians-who are a minority in this country at present-would say no man or woman had the right to terminate life entrusted to him by God. There is also a feeling that to take one's own life when things are difficult is rather like running away in battle. On the other hand psychologists have made us more...
...Little "St." Hugh never made the official Catholic calendar of saints, is not to be confused with St. Hugh of Lincoln (1140-1200), who founded the first Carthusian Charterhouse in England, became bishop of Lincoln, and built the present cathedral. At his death he was deeply mourned by the Jews, whom he had defended and befriended...
...money rates, points out that for long periods short-term rates wrere actually above long-term yields. Says he: "If we are to preserve our free economy, that has to be expected, and it is exactly the right medicine to forestall inflation. After 20 years of abnormally low rates, present rates are in the area of normal rates...
...NUCLEAR REACTOR that may make atomic power competitive with conventionally generated electricity will be built by Martin Co. under an $838,163 AEC contract. Reactor system uses pea-sized pellets of atomic fuel, eliminates the need for complex control rods used in present reactors, makes it easier to recover valuable fissionable material from the reactor...