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Everyone hates to pay taxes and the new increase isn't going to make anyone any happier, but perhaps if a blood donor were permitted to deduct say $25 from his income tax each time he was a donor, it would make him a little happier tax-wise and also make him feel he was contributing a little more than his dollars to the war effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 12, 1951 | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

Both President Conant and Provost Buck praised the Dyer Report, acknowledging its value and its significance. They feel the proposed system could mean a more efficient method for helping students, with happier results for their futures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dyer Finds Grades Falling Short of Abilities; More Efficient Advising Could Correct Situation | 11/9/1951 | See Source »

...There were no Sunday or church holidays, only the Communist holidays, and we worked so hard to make these up that we were happier when they didn't come. To get a free day we had to work two shifts in a row, or 16 hours. About the only way to get out of work was to break an arm or leg. What frightened us most was tuberculosis. I knew of at least 60 cases in six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Out of the Mines | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

...Tregaskis ran out of his well-known war stories, he returned to find life dull and petty. So he began a pilgrimage to enchanted places he remembered. The trip took him through most of the world's fairy-tale lands and left him in California, a wiser if not happier...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Paradise Lost and Found | 10/11/1951 | See Source »

...fasted and prayed for a day, then announced that he would intensify his one-man defiance of apartheid, and force authorities to jail him. "I would be happier in any other country," Gandhi said sadly, "but my duty lies here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Unaccepted Challenge | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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