Word: comment
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...chairman of the National Board of Young Life Campaign, I wish to comment on your Jan. 4 report of the action against Young Life taken by five New Canaan ministers. Eight charges were made in what was described as a "stern denunciation." Having been closely associated with Young Life for more than 19 years, I can sincerely testify that most of the charges are without foundation and that the implication of all of them is unjustified. We urge the New Canaan ministers to take time to look into Young Life, delve into its activities and to check carefully...
Quickly, he opened the first. There, on page 317, adjoining some faint underlinings, were written three words in the margin: "Is this sure?" This defacement was Lucius' work, and his only vice. Each week he recorded some provocative comment in a book, returned it, and then withdrew it again to study what replies he had inspired. In this way he found a forum for his views. The only misfortune was that debate was limited, since his book selections were not the most fashionable, and since his original critic never replied to Lucius's rebuttal. This time there was no response...
...make in the future, particularly in connection with the Volta River project," a $170 million hydroelectric scheme for which Nkrumah would like Britain to lend Ghana half the money. Macmillan's bland response: Britain would follow Ghana's economic needs "with sympathetic interest." He added an oblique comment on Nkrumah's performance the day before: "If we cannot cooperate, but sit down in opposite camps shouting slogans at each other, we shall all suffer grievous harm...
...lies in preplanning, letting the union and employees know about laborsaving changes before they take place. National Biscuit Co. faced the tough task of explaining why it had to shut down two old bakeries, build a new highly automated one in Chicago. It set up a scale model, invited comment from employees on how to make the plant better. Soon after the new plant began operating, Nabisco's share of the market so expanded that employment rose to 2,400, a third more than the two old plants combined. Says a union official: "The company has to improve...