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...expunged so that there would be nothing in our records which could be cited as a precedent." Three others held that the "right to be let alone," enunciated by the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, covers "a great many foolish, unreasonable and even absurd ideas which do not conform, such as refusing medical treatment, even at great risk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: On the Side of Life | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

...score of 560, necessary to pass the foreign language requirement, will remain the same, and the new tests will be adjusted to conform with this figure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Test May Be Required In Languages | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

...place our relationship with Germany on a new basis, then in endeavoring to see that the European Economic Community was truly a community and truly European . . . that it did not allow itself either to disintegrate as a result of the admission of a new member [Britain], which could not conform to the rules, or be annexed to a system existing on the other side of the Atlantic [in the U.S.], we did much to clear the path leading to a united Europe." However, he allowed, in a rare concession to Atlantic unity, the new Europe must achieve "a truly concerted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: A Year of Silent Cannons | 1/10/1964 | See Source »

Like Rev. Mumma, Rev. Schneider does not favor organization, for in his view the church has too often been an irrelevant institution which has not addressed itself to the world. "The church is in frightful condition everyplace," he maintains. "What time has been spent, has been wasted to conform to contemporary culture...

Author: By Ben W. Heineman jr., | Title: Indifferent Majority Confronts Organized Religion At Harvard | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

...fact that Harvard treats those who violate its parietal hours with arbitrary harshness is no reason for Radcliffe to change its policy of deciding individual cases on an individual basis. The bureaucratic and disciplinary considerations behind Harvard's policy simply do not apply to Radcliffe. By attempting to conform to Harvard's practice in this instance, Radcliffe has sacrificed desirable flexibility...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe's Crackdown | 11/9/1963 | See Source »

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