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...godlessness of this movement and by some of its phrases and songs prescribed for the children to repeat or to sing.'' This was heresy indeed in Ghana, where Osagyefo's image is everywhere-on stamps and coins, on the big statue that carries the mocking motto: "Seek ye first the political kingdom.'' The Ghanaian Times, Nkrumah's party paper, promptly-denounced Roseveare and hinted that the bishop was running an arsenal for Nkrumah's enemies. This carried special significance since the attempt on Nkrumah's life three weeks ago had focused attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana: Accra's God | 8/24/1962 | See Source »

...silence for optional contemplation in place of the banned regents' prayer. In Hicksville, L.I., the board of education has approved the recitation of the rarely sung fourth stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner-"Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just; And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust' "as a daily prayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: On Second Thought.. . | 8/24/1962 | See Source »

Thank Mr. Delbert Webb [TIME, Aug. 3] for making Sun City possible. The motto of that city should read as a well-known book reads, "Ye must become as little children again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 10, 1962 | 8/10/1962 | See Source »

...state. Its chief of foreign operations−which cover 79 nations−is known in the company as "the foreign minister." The top-policy management board is a "parliament." Line executives are nicknamed "our generals." Says one of them: "We try to follow General von Moltke's motto: 'Be more than you seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: The State of Siemens | 8/10/1962 | See Source »

...Best of Enemies. War is hellarious. That is the motto of this picture, and it tries, with fair success, to live up to it. Two army detachments, one Italian, one English, operating in Abyssinia in early 1941 became involved in one long military comedy of errors in which they do practically everything but fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Jollier than Reality | 8/10/1962 | See Source »

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