Word: towards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Toward Togetherness...
Forty years ago a young Arab officer rode triumphantly up the old Hejaz railway beside Prince Feisal and Lawrence of Arabia toward the ancient desert capital of Amman. Last week, still pursuing his old dream of an Arab nation filling the Fertile Crescent from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf, General Nuri asSaid, 70, returned to Amman to put into being a new union, the Arab Federation, joining the kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan...
...ecumenical movement toward unity among the Protestant denominations, added Theologian Weigel. "is vital and effective, one of the best efforts the Protestant churches have ever made. The hope of a united church necessarily makes the Protestant look at Catholicism and look at it more sympathetically than he did in the past." The Protestants, he said, are also growing more and more interested in liturgy, increasingly using candles, the cross, vestments, stained glass, "and even statues." Catholic rites are no longer despised as "popish idolatry." and Protestants often visit Catholic churches "to see how the liturgy is to be performed...
...demand has been satisfied; 2) the population boom is over for at least five years because of the low Depression-years' birth rate; 3) expenditures for new plants and equipment are likely to continue downward because of the nation's already large productive capacity; 4) consumer attitudes toward installment buying have changed ("It is popular now to avoid debt...
...addition to composing, Chavez has conducted the Mexican National Symphony, and has been guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic. He served as director of Fine Arts in Mexico, and has written the book Toward a New Music...