Word: sending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major moves are reportedly in the making: 1) a convocation of all Far Eastern bishops, probably in Manila, to which the Pope will send two trusted cardinals, Gregory Peter Agagianian and Marcello Mimmi; 2) a consistory at which John will confer the red hat on many non-Italians, will probably give Mexico and the Philippines their first cardinals, is almost certain to appoint cardinals in Boston and Chicago, may increase the size of the Sacred College...
...existence of two sexes has been quite a nuisance for Harvard. First it had to send its professors across the Common to teach the young ladies; last year it had to allow its students to make the 'Cliffies full members of their activities. This year it is faced with a new problem: caring for the welfare of the girls when they meet with their fellows in Harvard buildings...
...amazed that suddenly the streets were no longer filled with prowling packs of wild dogs and the usual flocks of scavenger birds. To help bring down the soaring cost of living, General Ne Win ordered Burma's navy to divert its patrol boats from their coastal duties and send them out as a fishing fleet...
Some soldiers send epistles, say they'd sooner sleep in thistles
...costumes. They shun automobiles, movies, even home electricity. All married men grow beards, and all men, women and children wear black headdress in public. Farming and a few related trades such as blacksmithing and harness-making are the only approved ways of earning a living. Parents refuse to send their children to public schools beyond the eighth grade-a quirk that has got the Amish into trouble with state and county authorities (TIME, March 24). The strictest members of the sect balk at social security levies on the grounds that I Timothy 5:8 and other Bible passages command them...