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...decides which candidate will be seen and heard and which will not be seen and heard. Though he speaks with the tongues of men and of angels and has not television, he is become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal, for it is television that beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things. Says defeated Presidential Aspirant Jerry Brown: "If a person isn't on tele vision, he is a political nonbeing. He does not exist for the voter, even if that voter meets him in person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Reform the System | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

Constant messengers of hope assail them. Periodically, an old biddy pops in to pass out leaflets and verbal pep pills: "Good morning. I have a message for you. It's that God gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life." Moments later, the ballet of death begins again as white screens wheel and circle to shield in final decorum the bed of a dying patient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Ballet of Death | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

...Matter of Opinion. Other Southern states sent envoys to plead delay. Florida's Attorney General Richard Ervin quoted Isaiah: "He that believeth, shall not make haste." North Carolina's Assistant Attorney General Beverly Lake referred to an old case. "This court," said he, "allowed the city of New York four years ... to decide what to do with its garbage." Texas' Attorney General John Ben Shepperd drew a laugh by citing a public-opinion poll, which showed that 45% of sampled Texans are dead set on keeping segregation, only 14% favor desegregation. The same polling agency, said Shepperd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUPREME COURT: When? | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

...hearse rolled up to the door. Eighteen honorary pallbearers formed a double line while eight old friends carried in the casket. Old Jim walked behind the casket, hat in hand, a properly sad expression on his weather-beaten face. The preacher began his text: "He that believeth in me though he be dead yet shall he live." Old Jim turned, beaming, to a friend. "Ain't that guy a preaching fool? I'm gonna set him up for life." Tears gathered in his eyes when the recorded strain of Beautiful Isle of Somewhere floated out over the armory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Going Out in Style | 6/11/1951 | See Source »

...told Marthy, thank God a man who believeth in Jesus Christ is not dead. "We know that we are not very high in society, but God loves us. ... O, what would Jesus say if he passed through Marion? He's weepin' at all this scenery." At Gastonia. The Marion murders gave North Carolina its sixth textile tangle now current in the courts. One of the other trials, that of 16 workers accused of murdering the police chief of Gastonia, got going again last week at Charlotte after repeated delays (TIME, Sept. 23). The 16 defendants, mostly Northern organizers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Fresh Blood | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

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