Word: ton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Speaking on the question, "Why is self-denial unpopular today?" Dr. Joseph Ton last night told an audience of 100 in the Science Center that "society has fallen prey to the deception that independence is the way to self-fulfillment...
Saying that nobody likes communism in a communist country, Ton said that it was impossible to find a Marxist in Rumania. "After you've tried Marx, the only alternative is Christ," he said...
During the last decade, the Rumanian government placed Ton under house arrest for publishing papers protesting government restrictions of church services and the exclusion of Christians from the universities. In 1981 the government asked him to leave permanently...
...point of view, well- nigh perfect. Diesel-fuel prices have dropped so far this year by anywhere from 23 cents to 30 cents per gal., to as low as 50 cents. Costs are expected to come down for the farmer's favorite fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia, to $165 per ton from last year...
...work available. The huge surplus of hulls for hire has put ship owners and builders into their most severe slump since the Great Depression. The battle for business has severely corroded cargo-hauling rates and the values of ships. It costs only about $7 today to move a ton of grain from New Orleans to Amsterdam, in contrast to $17 in 1981. Says Fernand Suykens, director general of the port of Antwerp: "World shipping is very sick, and nobody knows when it's going to get any better...