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Romantic appeal aside, the big reason for the sudden chic of sea burial is economics. Says Charles Denning, founder of the Neptune Society: "For the past hundred years undertakers have made a rich living by selling tin boxes that rust in the ground, pink gowns and booties, and scenic plots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: California's Funeral Sails | 8/26/1974 | See Source »

50 a Trip. For that sum, says Denning, Neptune offers "a real first-class service. The crew is at full dress, the ship is pointed into the wind, and all the engines are dead." The flag is lowered to half-mast, and the captain reads Tennyson's "Crossing the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: California's Funeral Sails | 8/26/1974 | See Source »

In an effort to stem the legal assault of the Cemetery Board and the funeral directors, Neptune's board of directors recently acquired a full-time mortician, an embalmer and a broker. But Telophase refuses to bend, and has boldly filed a countercomplaint against the Cemetery Board, charging excessive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: California's Funeral Sails | 8/26/1974 | See Source »

Sir / The shocking thing about the White House transcripts [May 13] is that they reveal the President to be a man so absorbed in denning the thin line between illegality and immorality that he has lost sight of the fact that both are equally unethical.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 27, 1974 | 5/27/1974 | See Source »

Barn Door. Kaplan's flexible definition is a reminder of the difficulties of denning fairness. One all too common line of thinking holds that a "fair" jury promises a fifty-fifty chance of acquittal. In fact, fair jurors are expected to begin impartially, regardless of previous impressions, then follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Fairness Factor | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

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