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...TIME'S EDITORIAL STAFF HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS ON BOTH THE VISION THAT PROMPTED AND THE COURAGE TO PRINT CHARLOT'S BEAUTIFUL NATIVITY SCENE [TIME DEC. 26]. MAY THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD HELP US TO DISPEL THE CLOUDS OF HATRED, THAT PEACE AND GOOD MAY REIGN ON EARTH...
...strengthen its hand in negotiations, the union began a campaign to dispel the notion that its members are an irresponsible lot given to ill-timed whimsicalities. First step was a display of testimonials to the courtesy, cleanliness, service, honesty & sobriety of American crews. Not the least expert among them was a wire from restless Cornelius Vanderbilt: "I have been up all night during storms and have never yet seen anything being destroyed by the crew...
...conscientious U. S. minister were to learn that the chief trouble of his parishioners was a sense of frustration, inadequacy, anxiety, loneliness, he might well feel discouraged, since to dispel such feelings is part of his job. Nevertheless, in Boston last week a survey was released which indicated that inner inadequacy is a prime characteristic of churchgoers-or at least of New England Protestant churchgoers. For five years, students of Dr. Harold Washington Ruopp, professor of preaching at Boston University School of Theology, asked churchfolk around Boston: What is the outstanding question that you face in your thinking and, living...
...Salt Lake City, killing 19, a Bureau of Air Commerce Investigating Board was en route to the scene before rescuers reached the shattered ship (TIME, Oct. 25 et seq.). Last week, in record time, their verdict was reached. It did not specifically mention "pilot error," did little to dispel the belief of many airmen that Earl Woodgerd, a notably careful pilot, believed all was well and he was safe on his course up to the moment he flew full speed into the mountainside. The verdict: "It is the opinion of the Investigating Board that the probable cause of this accident...
...commission's book which was provided to clear up U. S. juveniles' ignorance about sex problems is Dr. Alice Virginia Keliher's Life & Growth. It begins with a discussion of inferiority complexes, goes on to dispel adolescents' fears of abnormality, and culminates with two chapters called "From Child to Man" and "Growing Pains," which treat the physiology of procreation with great candor. It was these that sent Philadelphia public school officials running for cover last week...