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...Protestantism arose, its support-especially that of Calvinism-came chiefly from the rich middle class, who were lenders rather than borrowers. Accordingly, first Calvin, then other Protestants, and finally the Roman Catholic Church, decided that charging interest under proper restrictions was not a violation of natural law after all-although usury in the sense of exorbitant interest still...
Advise and Consent. Although too obviously melodramatic and politically shallow, the adaptation of the bestselling. novel about a Cabinet nominee's battle for Senate confirmation is both brisk and suspenseful...
...news amid the chill was a rise in construction contracts awarded in October (see below). They topped the year before by 6%, the third monthly rise in a row, and set a new record for that month. Housing starts in October rose from September to 109,900, although they continued to trail last year. Said George Cline Smith, vice president and chief economist of F. W. Dodge Corp.: "This activity will help to ensure that the current business dip will be quite mild and of short duration, since construction is the nation's largest fabricating industry...
...Although the Crimson could well have held the Bruins to less than ten points, and although the season is still young, the times will have to go down before the meet with Yale...
...Although official estimates are still unavailable, one preliminary figure puts the damage at over $30,000. The fire, which poured huge clouds of smoke over the Yard, completely gutted the Poets' Theater, Inc., and brought extensive damage to the Paul Schuster Art Gallery. Also destroyed John D. Hughes, Painters; Hayden, Inc., Painters; at the Workshop, T.F. Haley...