Word: use
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reasons for his new look, Ashmore explained that "deterioration in public opinion" could only result in irreparable damage to the public-school system. "I was trying," he said, "to head off a showdown between the state and federal governments-because no one could win it. They can use force to bring about integration, but if they do, it will require force of such degree that it will disrupt public education for a long time to come. I guess what I'm saying is that I see this as a dead...
...appears to us as chance or coincidence is no coincidence to God . . . Someone who prays to God to allow him to win a prize in order that he may take better care of his family is not by any means a profaner, but recognizes that God may also make use of 'coincidence' in furtherance of his plan for the world...
...Psalms (Harcourt, Brace; $3.75), the wise and witty Oxford don argues that such embarrassments should not simply be ignored. Remembering that all Holy Scripture is "written for our learning" and that "Our Lord's mind and language were clearly steeped in the Psalter," Lewis prefers to make "some use" of the curses. One of their uses, he found, is to call attention to the same hatreds in modern man's own heart-"we are, after all, blood brothers to these ferocious, self-pitying, barbaric men." Another use: they serve as a reminder that the higher...
Since then he has called in outside experts to help him rewrite some minimum property requirements and credit rules. Next week he plans a conference on new valuation ideas, one aim of which will be to encourage the use of better housing materials with low maintenance cost. Also in the works are new FHA appraisal rules to upgrade housing, plus a trade-in program that will assure interim financing for older houses while they are being exchanged for new ones, and at the same time cut red tape and closing fees to make it almost as easy to trade...
...fire extinguisher that tows a diver along behind. Link is building a 91-ft. Diesel yacht specifically designed for undersea exploration with such gadgets as an underwater metal locater for hunting wrecks and buried treasure, so sensitive it picks up tin cans. Next year, Link hopes to use the boat to explore the sunken Roman seaport of Caesarea, off the coast of Israel...