Word: halfe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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California's experience has been comparable. The main difference in principle is the Reagan-dictated exclusion of fetal indications. The numbers are larger, reflecting the difference in the states' populations. In the first half of 1968 there were 2,324 applications for therapeutic abortion, of which 207 were rejected. Of the 2,117 patients who won approval, 92 did not go through with the operation. No fewer than 1,777 of the abortions performed, or 83%, were on the ground that continued pregnancy would gravely impair the woman's mental health, and only 115 because of a threat...
Died. Joseph Lewis, 79, indefatigable atheist, whose quixotic battles with organized religion spanned nearly half a century; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Dedicating his life to "throwing off the dead hand of religious superstition," Lewis in more than 15 books inveighed against religious holidays, the insertion of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, and even the issuance of a special stamp at Christmastime...
Immortality as a Flower. Everything went. Mrs. Alfonso J. Cervantes, wife of the St. Louis mayor, happily bid $750 for half a ton of bacon, explaining that she has six boys and a Mexican exchange student all living in her house. "I really don't know how much bacon 1,000 Ibs. is," she admitted. "But I do know that we use six or seven pounds a week." Costliest item was a new house, valued at $64,900 and sold for $55,000 to Chester Volkman, a contractor, who mused: "Maybe my daughter will want...
...primarily in the growing U.S. appetite for foreign products. Total imports have climbed 22% this year, while exports have grown only 9%. About one-sixth, or $1 billion, of the import surge was caused by U.S. labor troubles. Copper imports, for example, doubled to $600 million during the first half of this year as a result of a 37-week miners' strike. The threat of an August steel strike brought a 59% jump in iron and steel imports. Most of the blame for increased imports, however, can be placed on the seemingly insaliable U.S. consumer, who continues to spend despite...
...something in O'Neill refuses to be belittled. It is as if his greatness lies in his will to be great. His passionate intentions, in fact, become his talent-a rude, almost barbaric thrust that can seize a blase Broadway crowd and wring it dry, half from fatigue, half from an emotional buffeting that no other American playwright ever inflicted on an audience. O'Neill could do what only a major artist can do: make his public share in the life of his private demons...