Word: self
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...body of the report deals with four specific complaints which have been levelled at the HSA, and admits that three of them are justified. Nevertheless, the authors of the report conclude that the HSA "is fulfilling its self-appointed task." Hopefully, the Council watchdog appointed to keep a close eye on the HSA will prove to be one valuable result of the report, and will keep the Student Body informed of the doings of the HSA, but the report offers no other solutions to few abuses whose existence it admits...
...little overdramatic, but then, dictators must take no chances. The man whisked out of Portugal to asylum in Brazil was Premier António de Oliveira Salazar's biggest problem-Humberto Delgado, a balding Portuguese general-turned-politician, who had spent the past three months in petulant, self-imposed exile in Brazil's Lisbon embassy. Running for the ceremonial office of President last year against a candidate backed by Salazar, in a land where the press is not free and Salazar's men count the votes, Delgado polled almost one-fourth of the votes, and he rallied...
Bishop Bayne's new and different post, created at the request of the Lambeth Conference, consists of two secretaryships: of the Advisory Council on Missionary Strategy and the Lambeth Consultative Body. In the first, he will coordinate the missionary activities of 15 constituent self-governing churches of the Anglican Communion (total membership: 40 million). In the second, he will supervise the lines of action initiated by Lambeth Conferences during the ten-year intervals between them. In addition, he plans to make his London office (he moves in after Jan. 1) a clearinghouse for theological studies. "The thing that draws...
...Asmara, Eritrea, Ethiopia, a conference of 83 delegates from 32 church bodies met to consider relations with Islam and give forth a message "to all our brothers in Christ." Excerpts: "We call upon all the Christian churches in the Middle East to play a full part in national self-fulfillment . . . We urge the churches of the Middle East and individual Christians to recognize the points of involvement between Islamic and Christian doctrine . . . With penitence and humility we confess our need for a new spirit of respect and friendship for Moslems, through which the barriers of suspicion and fear will disappear...
...dozen missiles, including the Titan, Bomarc, Polaris and Nike-Zeus. On the side, after three quick marriages, Lear settled down with Wife No. 4, Moya Olsen, daughter of Olsen of the Olsen & Johnson comedy team. His own enthusiasm for flying is so great that Mrs. Lear, in self-defense, is taking flying lessons. Their two boys, 15 and 9, are already flyers, and at times Lear has put even youngest daughter Tina, 3½, at the controls...