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...Unitarian Church. Yet there is no question of my breaking with the Lutheran Church. I am a Protestant, but above all I am a scientist, and as such I can be on good terms with all of the Protestant churches." As for the matter of the Trinity, which Lutherans affirm and Unitarians deny, Schweitzer wondered rhetorically: "Did Christ or Saint Paul believe...
...even without inspection safeguards against cheating. On only one basic issue did Nehru shift his position-and then, only by about an inch. "The President and the Prime Minister," said their joint communiqué, "concurred in the legitimate and necessary right of access to Berlin." But Nehru would not affirm the West's right to maintain troops in West Berlin...
...does not believe, in and is not a member of and does not support any organization that believe in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States government by foul or violence or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods, and (2) has taken and subscribed to an oath of affirmation in the following form: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance the United States of America and to support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all its enemies, foreign and domestic. The provisions of Section...
...loyalty oath provision, section 1001(f) of Title II of the Act, provides that to be eligible for grants, or for loans administered through their university, applicants must, first, disclaim membership in, belief in, or support of subversive organizations; and, second, affirm their allegiance to the United States and its Constitutional system.) For several reasons, most of them political, university lobbies have in the past two years concentrated on lifting the disclaimer affidavit from the Act, declaring the loyalty oath at least "positive...
...down any radical paths; his denunciations of socialized medicine ring as loud as anyone's. Yet he is known in the organization for taking a step that a decade ago would have seemed unthinkable to A.M.A. After heading an investigating commission, Larson two years ago got A.M.A. to affirm the economic merits and medical quality of prepaid, closed-panel health-care plans -typically. New York's Health Insurance Plan (H.I.P...