Word: trends
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John McMahon is in a position to push the trend. Last week, at 47, he was elected commander in chief of the Volunteers-the fourth in the organization's 62-year history, and the first who is not a member of the Booth family that founded...
Word of Caution. One of the effects of this new friendship "is a constant invitation from Protestants to Catholics to cooperate with them in their projects." Catholics, he said, "are embarrassed about this new trend. They do not wish to be rude, and they wish to reciprocate the good will shown them. But they do not know to what the acceptance of the invitation commits them. Many therefore politely but awkwardly refuse the welcome, but many more are now accepting the welcome and find the intercourse pleasant and profitable...
...trend that favored costlier issues...
General Development is the most successful example of a new trend in building: a combination of building know-how and sufficient capital that has made it possible to launch the biggest national advertising campaign by any U.S. builder. This year General is spending almost $2,000,000 in advertising. As a result, 300 to 400 letters came into its offices every day last week from as far off as Hong Kong, each with a $10 down payment for a lot. In the past year, the company has sold 34,000 homesites and close to 800 houses at Port Charlotte...
...also reported "a healthy upward trend in the number of donors," and said that raising such a sum, which represents 47.5 per cent of the Program's goal, is "a major accomplishment during a period of economic recession...