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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Morocco's Ministry of Justice is working on the draft of a new divorce law that will strip Moroccan men of the right to shed their spouses simply by repeating "I divorce thee" three times, and bring the law more nearly into accord with Western-type procedures. Polygamy, a delicate subject since the King himself has two wives, will probably be so ringed with further restrictions that it will become for all practical purposes impossible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOSLEM WORLD: Beyond the Veil | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

...that they are here, they have become immersed in study, and in writing papers in a foreign tongue. "I have to read math problems three times before I understand them," Julius says. Though they like Harvard they are not entirely in accord with Harvard's methods of education vis-a-vis the Hungarian and continental way. "You are not exactly students in the same way I was in Hungary," Heimlet asserts. "You have more freedom here, but I don't think it is good. You have a course, you write four or five papers a year, you write two finals...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Hungarian Students Recall Escape On 1st Anniversary of Revolution | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

...Cliffe Administration also wants all merged organizations to have a "Harvard-Radcliffe" title, save by special petition. If a group wants to change its name, why not let them do it of their own accord. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra did it, and the U.N. Council, which is mainly Radcliffe, will probably follow suit. If girls in other organizations want "Radcliffe" on the club stationery, let them campaign on their own. They usually get their way anyhow. If the Radcliffe Administration would cut the official apron strings, the girls will do just fine all by themselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Suffering Suffrage | 10/26/1957 | See Source »

Hero's Return. When the Braves flew home to Milwaukee immediately after the last game. Burdette was still sputtering with tension -his eyebrows flapped, his forehead furled and flattened, his shoulders seemed to shrug of their own accord, his cigarette ashes fell all over his bright yellow and black necktie. "Hey, Lew, how you feel?" a boy called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: October's Hero | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

Something was done. Though Kelly's special privileges as a political prisoner were ordered officially canceled, well-wishers streamed in and out of his cell as they always had, with no regard for regular visiting hours. There did seem to be an unusual number of women. But in accord with prison custom, the women were passed without inspection. When the last of them had left, a guard looked in Kelly's cell. Kelly was gone. Behind him he left a telltale box of cosmetics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Let Jorge Do It | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

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