Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jury was indeed persuaded, and ultimately convicted the Collinses (TIME, Jan. 8, 1965). Small wonder. With the help of an expert witness from the mathematics department of a nearby college, the prosecutor explained that the probability of a set of events actually occurring is determined by multiplying together the probabilities of each of the events. Using what he considered "conservative" estimates (for example, that the chances of a car's being yellow were 1 in 10, the chances of a couple in a car being interracial 1 in 1,000), the prosecutor multiplied all the factors together and concluded...
...evening featured Hud, followed by a seminar on the film's treatment of interpersonal relations. They also discuss modern novels (among them: Camus' The Stranger) and analyze the lyrics of such recorded rock-age prophets as the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. The brothers are available to help with personal problems, and youngsters frequently drop by for confidential talks. To maintain accord between the Marists and their teen-age clients, there is a minimum of discipline...
...Help Without Dogma. The Marists now have a regular attendance of 200 Catholic youngsters-half of La Porte's high school Catholic population-as well as 50 from other faiths. Says Frank Christian, 18, a senior and a Catholic: "I used to have nun-phobia because I had such a bad time in Catholic grade schools. But the brothers have got me involved in the church again." Adds Jim Baumer, 18, an Episcopalian: "The brothers help you without any dogma...
...classifies himself as a "softshell Baptist": "We've had nothing but mutual understanding and respect. We feel as though we've gained a service for the public school." Other leaders in the community feel the same way: last January, the local probation board asked the brothers to help counsel La Porte's problem teenagers...
...accepted Charles Jones, 18, a Negro from Chicago's Marshall High School whose College Board test scores were far below those of most incoming freshmen. But Dean of Admissions Anthony Pallett is confident that Jones, who has worked 40 hours a week as a dish washer to help support his family, "knows where he's going, and he's determined to get there...