Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...against sin, but he is against it in a special way. Last week Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher added his voice to the growing body of British opinion in favor of the Wolfenden Report (TIME, Sept. 16), which recommended that 1) homosexuality between consenting adults no longer be considered a crime, and 2) that since little could be done about the prostitutes that swarm over London, perhaps their fines should be increased to ?10 ($28) for a first offense. Dr. Fisher's reason for giving the report his qualified endorsement: he approves of the document's implicit distinction between...
...homosexual offences are sins; the life of a prostitute is a life of sin; the men, many of them regarded by themselves and others as reasonably respectable citizens and certainly not criminals, who add their own sin to the sin of the prostitute are sinners ... A crime is a different matter, a sin against society and social order of such a kind that the law has to take note...
They drove at a high speed in the direction of Holyoke. On the way Zobel carried on a lengthy conversation with one of the thugs, whom he described as "very articulate." They talked about a wide variety of subjects, ranging from the Navy to the motivation of crime. Zobel's assailant declared he had turned to crime because "it's the easiest way to make a living...
...CRIMSON'S eight-week freshman competition for positions on news, editorial, photographic, and business boards will open Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m., in the Crime's 14 Plympton St. offices...
Beer, along with information about the Crime and the competition, will be served in quantity...