Word: workers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (2,645,745 members) ordained the first woman minister in its history, 31-year-old Miss Margaret Towner, longtime church worker and onetime professional photographer. Minister Towner will serve on the staff of the First Presbyterian Church in Allentown, Pa. Said the Rev. Herbert S. Schroder: "I hope you are the shepherd of the flock for whom you are responsible, and not their pet lamb...
...party worker leaped to the top of an airline's reservation counter and shouted, "We're going to win because we're for the common...
...moment for Stevenson's arrival grew nearer, the crowd grew larger and more disorganized. While the state troopers struggled bravely to keep the thousands away from the air strip, party workers urged them on. The police held their own for a moment, arm to arm. Then the trooper who was holding closed the main gate let out a groan and the Democratic tide poured through, while a party worker shrieked "Keep back...
Even those who simply wear a campaign button are subjected to political discussions in their dining halls and are forced to acquaint themselves with today's problems in order to keep up with the opposition. The enthusiasts, the workers, are brought into even closer touch with the issues and with other people through their work in a political club. The value of doorbell inging, for instance, should not be underestimated as an educational experience. The party worker, and particularly the college student, learn more about human relations in a night of trying to force propaganda on potential voters, than they...
...this first novel, Canadian-born. 28-year-old Author Adele Wiseman, currently a social worker in Britain, grapples with darker mysteries - of a man's relationship with his son, of his duty to and faith in his God - than she has yet power to illuminate. For much of the book, Abraham strides forward with Old Testament credibility. But toward the novel's end, tragedy bows to contrivance which teeters on the brink of absurdity; the writing turns from archaic simplicity to perfervid pleading. Unfortunately for her purpose, the characters who seem most alive are the women : the silly...