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...mere warnings from the police, who are his adversaries. In this view, the lawyer's function would not be so much to shut up a guilty suspect as to advise him on his best chances-to say nothing of what the presence of lawyers would do to bolster the faith of the public and potential witnesses in police interrogation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Criminal Justice: Concern About Confessions | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...membership is only 191,400, mostly in California and the Midwest, and the church's growth rate is a modest 5,000 a year. Nonetheless, the Reorganized Saints steadfastly maintain that they are the true spiritual heirs of Joseph Smith, and they have plenty of his progeny to bolster the claim. Although the Utah Mormons claim only one direct descendant of Smith, at least 190 are Reorganized Saints, and their President, W. Wallace Smith, 65, is the prophet's grandson. The Reorganized Saints hold to the belief that Joseph Smith, before his death, anointed his eldest son, Joseph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Churches: The Other Saints | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

Once it sees the familiar home soil however, the defense should return to its solid self. A healthy Rick Loomis will certainly bolster that probability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Team Tackles Cornell At 2p.m. Today | 4/23/1966 | See Source »

number seven and should bolster the bottom part of the lineup, which has so far performed poorly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors Lead Golf Squad To 5-2 Romp over M.I.T. | 4/19/1966 | See Source »

...that competition would force its sluggish home industries to become more efficient. Of course, some Austrian firms would perish in the process. "They'd die anyway eventually," shrugs Austrian EEC Envoy Eugen Buresch. As harsh as that prescription sounds, Austria seems willing to swallow it to bolster its economic strength...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Austria: Troubled Affluence | 4/8/1966 | See Source »

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