Word: rest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...difficulty of such an assignment was immediately evident. Half an hour before the scheduled time of the opening session, the proceedings were abruptly postponed for one day. Arab officials explained that some of the leaders were tired and needed rest. The more plausible explanation was that they wanted time to thresh out in private conferences the agenda for the summit. Much of the discussion probably centered on demands by Arafat and Nasser for more support and solidarity. Arafat, who arrived aboard Nasser's plane, wants more money for his guerrillas and a straightforward declaration of support from every Arab...
When the church canceled the subsidy, the brothers at Holy Cross suddenly had to raise $72,000 just to keep the school open for the rest of the year. A Holy Cross graduate now serving in Viet Nam began sending his monthly military paychecks. Several local businessmen gave $1,000 each. Even a shoeshine boy tiptoed into Principal Stanley Culotta's office to present his contribution: a stained and shredded $1 bill...
...once." The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit carried out that order by giving the districts only until Dec. 31. But when 16 more districts in six Southern states came up for consideration last month, the Fifth Circuit faltered; it gave those districts, and by implication the rest of the South, until next fall to integrate student bodies. Last week the Supreme Court knocked down the "next fall" provision and ordered full desegregation in twelve of those districts by Feb. 1. When the Supreme Court outlawed "deliberate speed," it meant...
There is a very practical reason why we as Christians need a theology of revolution. Without it we will be at a total loss about what to do for the rest of the century. -Carl Braaten, The Future...
Downgrading in Washington. Working under the United Nations for twelve years, the four countries have raised $175 million, nearly one-third among themselves and the rest in loans and grants from 26 other countries, to finance hydroelectric projects, bridges and engineering studies. The U.S. has spent about $36 million. Thailand has completed two dams, Laos is working on the big Nam Ngum Dam, and Cambodia has begun a power and irrigation project near Pnompenh. Now the most ambitious project of all is ready for financing: the $1 billion Pa Mong Dam between Thailand and Laos. The dam, the first...