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This odd inquisition was set up by Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, 67, articulate firebrand of his church's liberal wing. Although the bishops talked with Texas' Lyndon Johnson (Christian Church), with Quaker-born (Presbyterian-attending) Richard Nixon, and Congregationalist (Methodist-attending) Hubert Humphrey, only Candidate Kennedy was quizzed on the church-and-state issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Candidate & Bishops | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...main reason behind this paucity of hits was a brilliant effort by Quaker pitcher Weed. the day before the game, Shepard mentioned that if coach Jack McCloskey started Weed, Pennsylvania would have a slight edge. This prediction unfortunately proved quite true. Equipped with an excellent curve, which was his main pitch, Weed had the Crimson batters constantly off balance, and the Quakers had little trouble with the resultant pop flies and grounders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn Nine Beats Crimson Varsity In Tight 4-2 Win | 4/25/1959 | See Source »

Sakaki & Sake. There were 869 carefully selected guests in the outer garden of the shrine, including 37 former peers, Premier Kishi and his Cabinet, a Nobel Prizewinning physicist, the farmer who last year grew the most rice per acre, and only one foreigner-Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, the American Quaker who was the prince's tutor from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Prince Takes a Bride | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Years ago Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, the American Quaker who tutored Akihito during his childhood, said to Dr. Koizumi: "She who marries the crown prince must be a girl of spirit who will not be a doormat; she must not be someone who will be easily overwhelmed." Michiko Shoda, standing straight and slim beside her devoted prince, seems precisely that girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Girl from Outside | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...Quaker Joe Carriere will lead a tough sabre squad against Manuel Cabral, Mike Woolf, and Jon Piel. An overwhelming margin in this division could give Penn the points it needs to win the meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity to Face Penn Today in Ivy Fencing | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

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