Word: truthful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When his first son Yoshimitsu was born, Farmer Koji Matsuzaka of Shinshushinmachi, a small mountain town 160 miles northwest of Tokyo, boasted: "He will grow up to be a giant." The proud father did not know how close his prophecy would come to the truth. By the time Yoshimitsu entered senior high at 16, he towered 6 ft. 7 in. At this time he began to have blinding headaches and tired so easily that he spent most of his time lying at home on a tatami. School doctors diagnosed Yoshimitsu's trouble as a hormone imbalance, recommended that...
...Anglican Communion knelt five rows deep on a crimson carpet to receive the blessing of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Bowed under the weight of his damask robes and overshadowed by a huge silver cross, Geoffrey Francis Fisher intoned: "We humbly beseech thee that thy Holy Spirit may lead into truth thy servants the bishops gathered together in thy name. Grant them grace to think and do such things as shall most tend to thy glory and the good of thy holy church." Thus last week opened the ninth (since 1867) Lambeth Conference, which every decade brings together the world...
...hopeful that the time of Hitler was a decent nation's inexplicable nightmare-but they run into enough of the Nazi mentality to live a nightmare of their own. Author Lessing's tale is too carefully loaded to be fully convincing or fair. But it has enough truth and strength to be a chilling literary experience...
...individual not alone for the contribution he may make to the social effort, but also and primarily for the sake of the contribution he may make to his own realization and development." The authors are optimistic: "It is possible to identify a posture more constructive than handwringing . . . The truth is that never in our history have we been in a better position to commit ourselves wholeheartedly to the pursuit of excellence...
...charged that Trans Continental shares were being sold by telephone by high-pressure operators, with the claim that the stock would double in 30 to 60 days and that the company had a good profit position and would soon declare a substantial dividend. The truth of the matter, said SEC, is that the company has operated at a loss since 1955. It cannot pay dividends until it pays off $3,000,000 in loans. Furthermore, said SEC, substantial trading in the stock was being conducted by an unnamed "foreign source," which had pushed the stock from...