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...doctor has no right to speed a patient's end by euthanasia, or "mercy killing," no matter how hopeless his condition. But neither, declares Dr. Francis T. Hodges, 48, a general practitioner in San Francisco, has the doctor any right to prolong a "hopeless" patient's life by extraordinary feats of medicine...
...leaders of neighboring Arab countries are apparently no more reconciled to the existence of Israel today than they were in 1948, when their armies invaded Palestine in an effort to drive the citizens of the new state into the Mediterranean. Only last month Cairo Radio compared Israel to "a hopeless prisoner doomed to be hanged." The years of tension, climaxed by Egypt's recent purchase of sizeable quantities of tanks, jets, and artillery from the Soviet bloc, have driven many Israelis to corresponding extremism...
...angel with a flaming sword? . . . Camus, and the coterie of which he is a dominant figure, are guilty of childishness. To assume that life has no meaning because it is not immediately and inescapably apparent is ridiculous. To erect a concept of life on a basis of futility is hopeless; man cannot predicate purposive action and deny the existence of purpose . . . Camus is caught in a monstrous contradiction. Ultimate concepts are contingent on faith. This is true not only of religion and philosophy but of science...
...year professional contracts offered them by U.S. Promoter Jack Kramer. Since U.S. Singles Champion Tony Trabert, the only U.S. player in the Australians' class, has already signed a pro contract (TIME, Oct. 24), a successful U.S. challenge for the Davis Cup next year looks hopeless...
...Hitler really fly into towering rages and chew up rugs? Linge was asked. "I can only laugh at that," said he. "Hitler always had himself in complete control." Why, then, had he killed himself? "Because," said Hitler's valet, "everything was hopeless...