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The wily moneylender was puzzled by his casual conversation with the two strange horsemen who had ridden into Babylon that day in 539 B.C. One of the men was dressed as a servant, the other as master; yet the servant spoke like a lord, and the questions he asked were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Shepherd | 9/12/1960 | See Source »

Because "wills are often impugned by surviving relatives," Palestra enjoined Italian priests to write their bequests with care, suggested that wills be drawn early in life ("even young priests have some property") and published lawyerproof samples. The magazine also cautioned priests against leaving annuities to female servants, a practice that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Question of Money | 8/22/1960 | See Source »

Nine hours after the policeman's death, the Israelis struck in force. Under cover of darkness, infantry troops of the Golani Brigade pushed off in files toward their objective: the Arab village of Tawafik. It lies in the demilitarized zone just below the Syrian-held hills, in an area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Israel Militant | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

Personally to personally, I had a good time on it; I had a week or more of engineers and such running about the house wiring this and that, including trees, and I am indebted to Mr. Murrow. I live alone; I was not surrounded by friends and family; there was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 16, 1959 | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Some rituals are symbolically important and others are not; and the question as to when to make a stand is often not easy: I am reminded of the man in Nazi Germany who went to a psychiatrist because his right arm was paralyzed--his arm wouldn't let him give...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NDEA | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

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