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Twice in New Jersey, however, courts have ordered vitally necessary blood transfusions for a fetus over the religious objections of the mother to such medical practice. The U.S. Supreme Court forced Mormons to abandon polygamy. For example...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law and the Kingdom, Part I: Cracks in the Wall of Separation | 11/3/1970 | See Source »

...presentation, Provocations, Eames criticized the development of art in America. American civilization has become institutionalized, he said, the arts "have built themselves up a niche of specialty." When people confront an experience of life, they are apt to abandon their own reactions and translate their experience into terms dictated by established art, he added...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: Eames in Norton Lecture Presents Multi-Media Art | 10/27/1970 | See Source »

Democrats, who outnumber Republicans in New York, have little reason to abandon their own nominee. Ottinger, as liberal as Goodell, shelled out nearly $2 million to win the primary, largely with saturation television commercials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Republican Assault on the Senate | 10/26/1970 | See Source »

...outset, Pirmann discussed his gridiron moonlighting with soccer coach George Beim, and Beim gave him his blessings. If it were a choice between soccer and football, however, Pirmann would not hesitate to abandon football...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Pirmann Two-Timing at Dartmouth | 10/24/1970 | See Source »

...tower single, "I leave my room and go look at the elevator door for a while." Shared bathrooms, too, add to the Sigma Chi atmosphere of tower life. "We wanted to encourage a sense of House communality," said Carlhain, explaining the concept of togetherness which led him to abandon the Quincy formula of private baths...

Author: By Martin H. Kaplan, | Title: Mather Slouching Toward Alphaville | 10/23/1970 | See Source »

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