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...also becomes an effective, occasionally ingenious organizer. He notices that the cops are quick to interrupt I.W.W. rallies even while the Salvation Army is attracting large crowds just across the street. Demanding an explanation, Hill is informed that the Army has the right to assembly because they are performing music. The next time Joe Hill appears on a soapbox he has his own I.W.W. song in hand -set to the tune of a Salvation Army hymn. People gather around and the police are temporarily thwarted. In another town, Joe goes into a restaurant and deliberately orders a lavish meal that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fragment of Folklore | 11/8/1971 | See Source »

...interrupt to grant her point and inquire as to the secret behind the achievement...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Liz Renay Shows Her Face | 10/1/1971 | See Source »

...group then went into the back of the crowded lecture hall, Burr B. but made no attempt to interrupt Herrnstein's lecture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SDS Protests At Herrnstein Soc Sci Class | 9/28/1971 | See Source »

Comparatively few who seek abortions have strictly medical reasons, such as their own health or suspected congenital abnormality in the fetus. Rape and incest account for a negligible percentage of unwanted pregnancies. Women seek legal abortions for the familiar reasons: reluctance to interrupt career plans, lack of money, fear of losing personal freedom, uncertainty about their relationship with the man involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Legal Abortion: Who, Why and Where | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

...breathe deeply. About four deaths a month are now being recorded, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The gas propellants (usually fluorocarbons) in hundreds of different kinds of household sprays can kill quickly. They are carried by the blood from the lungs to the heart, where they interrupt normal cardiac rhythm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Aural High | 8/2/1971 | See Source »

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