Word: saviorism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...away proceeded to get it all fouled up with theological nonsense. He made Jesus out to be the hero of a mystery religion, and went around preaching the gospel that all men could be assured of a niche in Heaven if they would only accept him as Lord and Savior...
...Path Down. In his early days, Rojas' peacemaking might have worked. After he overthrew Dictator Laureano Gómez in 1953, he was hailed as the savior of Colombia. But one year later Rojas' tragic flaw-the strongman's inability to accept criticism-began to show through. With a heavy hand he began censoring newspapers, finally suppressed Bogotá's two leading dailies, El Tiempo and El Espectador. From there his path led only downward. His soldiers and cops shot down political opponents and students. By spending uncounted millions on arms and post-exchange luxuries aimed...
...shows you an unhappy land sometimes does have a little luck," a Communist politician has said about Wyszynski. Most of the cardinal's flock echoes the cry of a nun in the crowd that saw him off in Warsaw last week: "He is the savior of Poland...
When William N. Deramus III, 41, took the throttle of the 3,240-mile Missouri-Kansas-Texas line three months ago (TIME, Jan. 21), railroaders agreed that the new president would put the coughing Katy back on the tracks if anybody could. With a reputation as a savior of sick railroads, Deramus came to Katy fresh from rescuing the Chicago Great Western Railway Co. from heavy debt, hoped to do the same for Katy, whose earnings skidded 37% in 1956, and whose preferred stockholders were due $106 million in dividend arrears. In short order, Deramus trimmed the Katy...
Prophet & Savior. Charlie Merrill did not start out to bring Main Street to Wall Street. The son of a Florida country doctor, he spent two years at Amherst College, quit to work for Eastman, Dillon & Co. Later he set up his own firm, then teamed up with Edmund C. Lynch. As an underwriter and investment banker, Merrill Lynch helped set up such big chain-store operations as S.S. Kresge, Grand Union and Safeway Stores. As brokers, Merrill Lynch & Co. also built up a sizable business during the roaring...