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...Another Name. Among Protestants, the EPISCOPALIANS have been in the field longest, and their retreats tend to be more ascetic than those of other denominations. Near Brighton, Mich, the Episcopal Church supports a training center called Parishfield (capacity: 35), whose retreat schedule is typical of that in many Episcopalian retreat houses. Rising is at 6:30, chapel service at 7, breakfast at 7:30. The rule of silence is maintained until 8, when members of the community assist in cleaning rooms, washing dishes, etc. Group Bible study is at 9, followed by discussion of the Biblical texts...
...resignation, in effect, put the seal of completion on one more term of office, the longest spell (34 months) that Iraq's durable strongman had ever stayed in the Premier's post. Even if he relinquished office, Nuri would still be the dominant figure in Iraq. But he knew that Iraq's boy king, Feisal II, would ask him to try again, and Nuri would have a chance to form a new government, with a widened Cabinet. In office or out, the adroit, 68-year-old Nuri is the senior Arab statesman of the Middle East...
Died. Paul Joseph Neff, 72, longtime railroader who in 1956 led the sprawling, bankrupt Missouri Pacific Lines out of one of U.S. railroading's longest (23 years) and most prosperous receiverships, resigned as president last month to become board chairman; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in St. Louis...
Medical School provides the longest haul for the post-graduate. Yet, as new discoveries occur in biology, physiology, and the related sciences, the vast subject matter increases, rather than affording opportunity for cutting...
...girl of Fitzgerald's generation. And TV's John .Cassavetes made a winning Dexter, "unconsciously dictated to by his winter dreams" of glittery things. Fitzgerald said Judy always "looked as if she wanted to be kissed," and TV took that as a cue, produced some of the longest kisses ever to singe the home screen...