Word: breakaways
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Because they disagree with their parent churches over matters as varied as theology, politics and civil rights, some Protestant congregations in the South would like to divorce themselves from their national organizations. It is not easy. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court turned down the arguments of two breakaway congregations in Savannah, Ga., that claimed ownership of their church property. The congregations had held that property in trust for the Presbyterian Church of the U.S., but a Georgia judge had declared that such trusts may be broken if the parent church "substantially departs" from the theology that it professed...
Most African states were seething at British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's efforts to reach a settlement with Ian Smith's breakaway white regime in Rhodesia. Singapore and Malaysia deplored Britain's planned military withdrawal from points east of Suez. Australia and New Zealand were unhappy about London's hankerings to join Europe's Common Market, a move that would cost them dearly in tariff concessions. Four East African members that are anxious to get rid of their Asian minorities (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) were outraged because Britain was not willing to take them...
Bruca Durno, who played much better than Brown's seven goals indicated, had to face a breakaway by Bob Devaney and other clear scoring opportunities as the Crimson defense broke down...
...skate to the other end of the rink, Wright got up, skated in front of Durno and swung his stick hitting him on the side of the neck. Action was stopped for several minutes while Durno was examined. Later in the period, B.U. forward Dick Toomey tallied on a breakaway to even the score...