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...same time, crosses (plurality voting) were used for the referenda or special balloting. The result was confusion, misunderstanding, mistakes, and thousands of invalid and blank ballots which went into the waste basket, to say nothing of the limited enfranchisement of the citizen, or the frustration of his right to register a vote for 9 councillors and 6 school committeemen...
...animals when angered by an enemy will bite that enemy; 3) since animals are natural, this action is natural and it is perfectly normal for human beings to go about biting their enemies. Both syllogisms have an apparent weakness in their major premise, which, of course, renders their conclusions invalid. The important point overlooked is that man, while being an animal, possesses a God-given intellect. It is this intellect which distinguishes him from a beast, since it enables him to control his animal instincts. Unfortunately, too many "human" animals chose to ignore the purpose of the intellect . . . This seems...
Torydom's other distinguished invalid, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, was convalescing on the Mediterranean from a gall-bladder operation and two follow-up sessions with the surgeons. As evidence of his recuperation, it was officially announced that either Eden or Lord Salisbury would head up the British delegates to the U.N. Sept. 25. But many among his supporters wondered whether Eden could regain the strength necessary for a full-time Foreign Secretary-or Prime Minister...
...ancient Zapotec ruins at Oaxaca, Mexico. A footloose insurance agent (Glenn Ford) comes into possession of several old sheets of parchment which are a clue to a priceless treasure buried among the ruins. In practically no time, he finds himself mixed up with such shady characters as a fat invalid (Francis Sullivan), a raven-haired Latin beauty (Patricia Medina), an alcoholic blonde (Diana Lynn), a mysterious fellow with a crew cut and smoked glasses (Sean McGlory). The feverish chasing is punctuated with slugging and shooting. This sort of thing has been done better a number of times, but the scenery...
...woman tried to get her invalid sister out of a crumbling house; she knelt to pray, could not lift her sister again, and had to leave her behind. A young couple ran back into their swaying house to save their two-month-old baby; they were killed by the falling roof, but the baby, protected by his overturned crib, was saved. Next day the earth shook again, and many fled for the hills in fear that the island would slide beneath the sea. Panic-stricken Cephalonia police radioed to the mainland: "We are all sinking . . . The inhabitants ... are mad with...