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...arms. Like Nuri, he was trained by the Turks in the Ottoman military college at Istanbul, fought in the Camel Corps against the Turks in the Arab revolt in World War I. He has been Premier twice before (in 1934 and 1949). One of his sons is a close friend of young King Feisal, and helps him care for his sports cars; the other is Iraqi agent for Westinghouse air conditioners...
Much of the new political approach originates from a Jesuit priest close to the Vatican-grey, ascetic Father Riccardo Lombardi, who heads a new organization called Per un Mondo Migliore (For a Better World). To the "Better World" school in the Alban Hills near Rome, priests come from all over Latin America to hear fervent weeks of lecturing on the new policies. Moreover, Father Lombardi recently traveled to Mexico, gave a special course to 100 bishops, including Cardinal Luque. gathered from all Latin America. His student-priests can use the church organization as an ear to the ground that...
Matter of Ethics. Kent and Borghild Hooper, who had learned about the press and TV during their ordeal, called in reporters. In the resulting uproar, Kris explained: "The time I put in was eight full days and close to 100 hours. My time is worth $30 an hour. I've given the service. It was a personal sacrifice to me." Furthermore, he thought he was merely following the widespread medical practice of charging (within limits) what the traffic will bear: he had heard that the Hoopers had got a lot of money in donations. Not so, retorted the Hoopers...
Though there were exceptions, that basic piece of political philosophy, the Bill of Rights, was treated with the respectful debate it deserves. Even the Chicago Tribune's column-long editorial, though characteristically petulant, actually seemed restrained for a subject so close to the Tribune's prejudices. Many newspapers, such as the Washington Star, as well as Right-Wing Columnist David Lawrence (TIME, June 3), argued that the Watkins decision has "crippled" congressional investigators; several editors quarreled with the court's semantics in the Smith Act decision...
...American Art. The panorama of road builders stringing highways across the land reflects a peculiarly American genius, one that lies deep in the traditional pioneering instincts of the nation. No other country has come close to the U.S. in creating the mechanized giants of road building. "Road building," said one contractor, "is really the American art." Said the late Bernard DeVoto: "A highway is a true index of our culture. The machinery that builds it embodies developments in technology, invention, industrial progress, education, finance and so many other things that our whole cultural heritage has gone into producing...