Word: unionizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...public, which relied on the news of the extension to get thousands of tons of cargo moving toward the piers, have also been victimized by this flagrant violation of agreements. This may very well lead to one of the largest and costliest damage suits ever filed against a union...
...because I found the Trinity doctrine unreasonable. I abhorred Buddhism because it is a skeptical religion, without a central idea or purpose. I could not return to Shintoism's immaturity, its inadequate guide for living." Jewish friends introduced Kotsuji to leaders of the newly founded, Jerusalem-based World Union for the Propagation of Judaism, which hopes to break down traditional Jewish antagonism toward proselytizing and seek converts...
Ripe for Conversion? Kotsuji's conversion was an impressive milestone for the World Union. Although a small, offbeat Japanese sect believes that its members are remnants of Israel's lost tribes, there are only a few Jews in Japan; previous converts have been women who married Western Jews and accepted their husbands' religion out of familial loyalty...
Says Convert Kotsuji, who plans to found a Jewish mission in Japan: "Shinto falls far short of attaining the Jewish ideals of monotheism and cleanliness." Adds World Union Director Israel Ben Zeev: "The Japanese are ripe for conversion. Eventually, they will become either Christians or Jews. But as long as Hiroshima is still fresh in their minds, they are not likely to accept Christianity...
Diminishing Returns. What the Soviet Union faces is a period of diminishing returns that other industrial nations have usually experienced after a major growth spurt. Many of the Soviets' methods and machines were pirated straight from the West, and they sparked the spurt; now they are aging, and the rate of growth is bound to go down. Furthermore, in the days of breakneck drive for growth in the '20s and '30s, writes Nove, "Iron ore or coal mines were 'creamed,' the best and most easily accessible mineral being taken as quickly as possible. The virgin...