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Macmillan's recent tough note to Khrushchev did much to allay Adenauer's pre-summit fears that British eagerness to negotiate with the Soviets had made Britain "soft" on Berlin and West Germany. Adenauer was also mindful of the growing split in Europe between the Common Market Six (to which Germany belongs) and Britain's Outer Seven. Such a division, muses Adenauer, could only serve Moscow's interests at a time when he thinks the U.S. election is creating a "vacuum" in Western leadership...
...Pope Pius XII on the subject: "Morals evidently condemn mercy killing, that is, the intention to cause death. But if a dying person consents, it is permissible to use with moderation narcotics that will allay his suffering but will also cause quicker death . . . In this case, death is not the direct intention...
...Manhattan office, nibbling Muenster cheese to allay an ulcer's pang, 65-year-old Arthur Murray said that he does not think, at present, he will fight the FTC complaint. Said he: "People think the FTC is on their side, and we wouldn't want to turn the people against us." Anyway, he said, taking one step back, he has ordered most of the practices stopped...
...curve to the south were still unfinished, and temporary stands were erected in the Stadium's north end. There was real fear among the public, despite the many years of testing, that the concrete stands would weaken and crumble as soon as they came into use. To allay these doubts, the construction superintendent prominently walked around under the stands while the spectators found their seats...
...padlock on the store's outer wicket gate, then picked the lock on the inner door. That done, three more of the gang got out and went into the store with him, while a fifth accomplice put a new padlock on the gate to allay the suspicions of any passing policemen. Inside, the four men forced a safe and swept up a peck of rings, bracelets, watches and necklaces, worth over $110,000. But the night had just begun: in the safe the crooks also found keys to the Goldsmiths' & Silversmiths' branch store in Burlington Arcade...