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...Puerto Rico. My acceptance of an additional plebiscite now is based on the following fact: the constant debate on status, which is unreal to most Puerto Ricans but which may seem real to persons outside of Puerto Rico, is approaching a point where it is beginning to do harm to our economic development program. The debate is spurious and it should be ended. Therefore, I have stated that I would support a plebiscite if all concerned would agree in good faith to accept, this time, the decision of the voters, and turn their attention to other issues of real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 1, 1959 | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...that in more than half the cases with fatal reactions, the transfusion was not necessary or even desirable. Many physicians, he suggests, give one bottle to be on the safe side. One bottle is rarely, if ever, enough to do any good-but may easily be enough to do harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Stanching Transfusions | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...major cities. Last week Anaconda's Board Chairman Clyde Weed announced that the company aimed to sell all seven papers. Behind the decision is the story of how Anaconda bought newspapers to consolidate its hold on Montana, came to discover that they were doing the company more harm than good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Chain of Copper | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...question to scores of German students aged 15 to 17. Telecast last week, their answers displayed a surprising ignorance of Nazi turpitude. In fact, nine out of every ten students either knew nothing at all about Adolf Hitler or thought that he had accomplished more good than harm. Sample replies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Forgotten Horror | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

Unless the temperature goes above 106° F. (which it rarely does), says Dr. Done, it is unlikely to do any harm; he doubts that 104° will cause any damage even over several days. And there are definite disadvantages in fighting the fever. Left alone, the temperature and its fluctuations are valuable clues to what ails the child. Diagnosis is hampered by antifever drugs, which may conceal important signs-most notably in rheumatic fever-and prove actually detrimental. Always present are the dangers of allergic reactions and overdosage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Friendly Fever? | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

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