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"One heinous result of this [proposed] legislation is something which the average layman has doubtless not considered. That is, what effect would the actual commission of the 'mercy-killing' have on the doctor who performed it? . . . Soon the medical profession would lose the healthy bloom associated with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Life & Death | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

No one notices the thin black lines that divide one news story from another in a newspaper. But they stand as symbols of the disconnectedness of world events as they come to modern man in the course of a hurried day. Boxed off in their separate compartments, news stories only...

Author: By Daniel B. Jacobs, | Title: A Calm Look at the Present | 3/7/1950 | See Source »

As I was a constant of your paper during the academic year 1948-49, I want to congratulate you on an excellent college newspaper. U hope that at some time in the future I may once again acquire the morning habit of bending over the doorstep to pick up the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Silly Question | 2/21/1950 | See Source »

"Germany can readily acquire a position in the world by giving the sign of a regenerated spirit . . . We will work with and support the efforts of those who honestly and sincerely seek to accomplish that purpose. On the other hand, we shall not hesitate to use all our power and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Our Main Purpose | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

Few Nationalist military men on Formosa last week thought the island could resist the Reds indefinitely without outside help. The only possible source of such help was the U.S. which, if it wanted to, could deny Formosa to the Communists at little risk to itself. By helping the Nationalists hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Report on Formosa | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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