Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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HALLMARK HALL OF FAME (NBC, 7:30-9 p.m.).* "Lamp at Midnight," a dramatized rendering of Galileo Galilei's 17th century argument with the Roman Catholic Church. Galileo (Melvyn Douglas) said the earth was round; the church and its prelates (George Voscovic, David Wayne) said he was wrong and what's more, a heretic. The Inquisition made Galileo take it back. To assure viewers that all is forgiven, Chicago Archbishop John Patrick Cody gives an introduction to the show...
Maybe he was right the first time. Next day in Milwaukee, Circuit Judge Elmer W. Roller, 64, finally handed down a decision in one of the angriest and most complicated rhubarbs in years: the 18-month argument between baseball's moguls and the state of Wisconsin over whether or not the Braves had a right to forsake Milwaukee for the greener lettuce in Atlanta. Judge Roller, a pretty hot fan himself, said no. After a six-week trial and 7,000 pages of testimony, he ruled that the National League had violated Wisconsin's "little Sherman" antitrust laws...
...past, many have argued that gas and germ warfare is more humane than other forms because they are not lethal. Goldwyn cited the death of an Australian soldier due to gas as sufficient refutation of that argument...
...PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE. While the lines of Peter Weiss's philosophical argument of the social revolutionary v. the anarchic egoist are a trifle jaded, the theatricality of his drama, as performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company under the direction of Peter Brook, is totally jarring...
...there are also positive reasons for the continuance of the language requirement. Not the least of these is the frequently repeated argument of the growing need for better communication in today's world. This argument is well-worn and obvious, but no less true. Even a rudimentary knowledge of a foreign language can make a student's experience abroad far more valuable. There is, moreover, a personal gain to the student in offering him an incentive to continue his study in a field which is more rewarding as proficiency increases. There is simply no other way, for example, to learn...