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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trouble, and one of his persistent themes is how to save American democracy in a hostile world. He is likely to point out that "the best in vestment of all is the missionary investment," after citing figures snowing that the average "overseas conversion to Christianity costs just $654 per convert - as opposed to the cost of $200,000 to kill a single enemy soldier in World War II or $500,000 per kill in Viet Nam. It takes character to preserve freedom, he insists. The Ten Commandments, in fact, are ten principles from God about how to keep freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: American Preaching: A Dying Art? | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...other places in the city, some of the things people have been planning to convert have been put back on the rental market" because of the ordinance, Sullivan said...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: New City Law May Slow Sumner Road Conversion | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Peter Hilton, the fly half, started off the second period by scoring a try on a 40-yd. run. Hilton faked a "scissors" play (a reverse in football lingo) to gain the necessary opening. Charlie Bott drove the convert home...

Author: By David R. Merner, | Title: Harvard Ruggers Shut Out Yale In The Final Game Of An Undefeated Season | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Barbeau's aim is to convert guilt and depression into rage and tears-to get the emotion out so that healing may begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Facing the Fear of Flying | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...relieve their administrative anxieties, Bowersock volunteered to convert his office into a base for clearing institutions whose academic credibility is in question. He would in turn contact professors who would judge whether the foreign university's credentials meet Harvard standards. Bowersock does not believe his desk would be "piled with requests for obscure universities in Paraguay." Statistics bear this out; almost everyone still wants to spend a year at Oxford or the Sorbonne. In either case, "quality control," as the Council members are fond of calling it, is not at stake...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Forestalling the Exodus | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

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