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Protestantism, says Niebuhr, began to wane after 1850. "It was the affinity between Evangelical Christianity and frontier democracy which made churches of sectarian origin, notably the Methodist and Baptist, the most powerful churches of our nation. . . . But the Evangelical antidote against secularism was not to prove permanently effective...
...time when the need for General Education seems more immediate and imperative than over before, many people feel that the Classics, rather than being on the wane, are ready for an increased recognition and a new awareness by students of the broad, universal knowledge they impart...
Back in 1934 two budding economists wondered, as others had before them, if sunspots affected agricultural production and thus food prices. When they studied sunspots they found that their wax & wane apparently bore no relation to the rise or fall of agricultural production. But they were amazed to find that sunspot activity coincided with the rise & fall of industrial production and of stockmarket prices...
Anxiously the 15 A.F.L. elders said: "An era of good feeling is setting in. Industrial strife is definitely on the wane. . . . Demands for [labor] legislation have gained support because of the wave of strikes . . . . We wish to emphasize that the industrial disturbances of 1946 were . . . a passing phenomenon...
...Caudillo should be given his due. Spain is orderly and there is relatively little crime-thanks to police in overwhelming numbers and varieties. In recent months there have been fewer political arrests and no political executions. The Falange is currently on the wane-to the gratitude of every Spaniard except the Falangists. There has been a certain mellowing over the years; individuals may criticize discreetly, although the newspapers are still government-cast stereotypes...