Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...women was still a long and revolutionary way from the admonishment of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians: "Let your women keep silence in the churches" (I Corinthians 14:34). At least one of the antifeminist fears-the thought of a pregnant woman in a pulpit-was no immediate prospect. All three ministeresses are unmarried...
APRA was not pleased at the prospect, but it went along because Beltrán has a well-calculated economic plan. Hoping for U.S. development loans and well aware that the U.S. requires prior approval of the conservative International Monetary Fund, Beltrán (who knows and admires the U.S., is married to an American) imposed an iron austerity on Peru. When he gets Peru's economy in orthodox order, which will please him as much as Washington, Beltrán plans to ask the U.S. for $100 million, figures that the U.S. can then hardly refuse...
...debate about "a Roman Catholic in the White House" continues against the background of a significant fact: U.S. Roman Catholics have greatly increased both in number and influence during the past 50 years. The prospect of Catholics' becoming the majority group may once have horrified U.S. Protestants. To what extent that climate of opinion has changed is demonstrated by the New Republic with a symposium of three experts: Congregationalist John C. Bennett, dean of Manhattan's Interdenominational Union Theological Seminary; Unitarian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., professor emeritus of history at Harvard and Pulitzer-prize-winning author...
...thickly spread over the nation's press, attributed to an anonymous "high Democratic source." The source was soon revealed and moans of anguish and anger rose from Democratic leaders. Hubert Humphrey demanded that Butler quit his job. "Unfortunate," grumbled Sam Rayburn. "Very unfortunate," echoed Harry Truman. But the prospect was that Paul Butler would remain at his post until after the Democratic Convention in July. Then he will leave, unmourned by Democrats...
...junior high school year, a student should have picked three colleges. If all are equally tough to enter, disaster is possible. One prospect should be tough, one medium, one a shoo-in-and all worth the price. The odds are still unpredictable. Objective as they try to be, admissions men are still partly subjective. One may like redheaded girls, another tall boys from Texas. Many will gamble on a youngster with poor marks but some special flair that can liven a college. But willingness to look hard, and travel far, usually pays off in acceptance by at least one college...