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Bishop Sheen's message in his TV debut: man yearns for life, truth and love. The human forms of these things are imperfect, ephemeral. But in God, man finds pure life, pure truth, pure love-"that is the definition of God." After a 20-minute talk in which he stressed Christian fundamentals rather than specific Catholic dogmas, the bishop answered questions from the studio audience. Sample: "Why does God permit evil in the world?" Answer: in giving man freedom, God gave him the freedom to choose between good & evil. Without the devil, there could be no saint; without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Video Debut | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...together at the waist is not an inherent trait in the Siamese (Chang and Eng, as a matter of fact, were Chinese). Such an anatomical caprice might occur anywhere, in any multiple birth. Fortunately, it rarely does. Most doctors believe that congenitally joined twins are the result of an imperfect splitting of the egg during gestation. The resultant monstrous births may be two complete individuals like Chang and Eng, joined at a single point. Or "they" may be a single individual equipped with an extra (generally useless) arm, leg, head or other organ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Son & Nephew | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

...Year was best expressed in a symbol: the American Fighting-man. You will find his story, and the reasons for his selection, in the War in Asia section. On this page are the woman, the couple and the 15 men who, in 23 years of depression, war and imperfect peace, preceded G.I. Joe as Man of the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 1, 1951 | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

Though Republicans still called the measure "a pig in a poke" and "as imperfect as a bill can possibly be," the turn of events in Korea had improved its chances of passing. The House was almost sure to approve. Even the Senate, which has been dead set against an excess-profits tax in this session, might put a tax of some sort through by Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXES: Pig In a Poke | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...Imperfect World. In Baltimore, Chairman Gordon Fleet of the Maryland Game and Inland Fishing Commission and Lester Towner, member of the Maryland Board of Natural Resources, were each fined $25 for illegal hunting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 20, 1950 | 11/20/1950 | See Source »

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