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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When the degree was originally offered in the fall of 1945, the Rev. William L. Shuttleworth objected because the President "likes his poker and drinks his bourbon." Last week Mr. Shuttleworth was still intransigent: "The principle involved will not die with the granting of a degree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Marked Change | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

...witty Scot who is making St. Columba's 1,400-year-old prophecy look better & better. Under his guidance the grey stones of the abbey, fallen into ruin after the Reformation, are rising again, and Iona's fertile soil has once more become dedicated ground. Sandy-mustached Rev. George Fielden MacLeod, 51, is no medievalist nor sentimental ruin-regarder. His purpose is hardly less ambitious than St. Columba's: to eventually awaken Scotland and England to a new concept and practice of religion. To many a Scottish Presbyterian, he seems a worthy successor to the Celtic saint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Light at lona | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

Booking Agent. In Rome, an extraordinary Argentine emissary had already begun the selecting. He was the Rev. Jose Clemente Silva, member of the Salesian order and brother of President Peron's military secretary. His mission: to find in Italy and Spain (while Diplomat Adolfo Scilingo scouted the rest of Europe) the 250,000 workers, preferably skilled factory hands, whom Juan Peron needs for his five-year plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Five-Year Men | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

Within the vast, still uncompleted Washington Cathedral, the Protestant Episcopal Church installed last week its 20th Presiding Bishop. None of the Most Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill's predecessors had been installed with such pomp & circumstance. Five processions of purple-robed choirboys, candle-bearers, crucifers, bishops and distinguished laymen escorted him toward the high altar. A congregation of 2,500 crowded the unfinished nave to witness the ceremonies of installation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No. 1 Episcopalian | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

...Then the Rev. Mr. Marshall was elected chaplain by the Republican majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Prayer Unanswered | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

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