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...most gross misinterpreters are sportscasters. The idea of 'being due for a hit' is completely invalid scientifically. A 200 hitter who does not get a hit in eight attempts does not have a better chance of getting a hit on his ninth, according to the Law of Averages," Purcell declared...

Author: By J. MICHAEL Crichton, | Title: Purcell Says Science Laws Are Misused | 10/16/1961 | See Source »

From his minor actors, in particular, Wajda has drawn some striking performances. Several of the tangential characters are turned into important human beings, worth pausing over, and thinking about. Although Zbigniew Cybulski occassionally makes Maciek's confusion seem invalid, he always makes it understandable, and what more I could say about him and the other leads would be entirely favorable...

Author: By Fred Gardner, | Title: Ashes and Diamonds | 10/2/1961 | See Source »

...coerce TWA into agreeing to buy from Hughes Tool 13 Convair 990s (which Hughes had already contracted to buy from General Dynamics). When the Tillinghast team decided instead to buy Boeing 707s, Hughes allegedly sought to queer the deal by warning Boeing that its contract with TWA was invalid because the airline had an obligation to buy from Hughes Tool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Turbulence at TWA | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

...Presbyterians who would be made into bishops in the new church are inclined to say 'Nobody's going to lay a hand on me.' And there are Methodist bishops who would balk at another ordination ceremony on the ground that it makes their present ordination seem invalid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: To End a Scandal | 5/26/1961 | See Source »

...Pete Seeger's rights under the first amendment were violated, and he had the right to say the questions were invalid. The investigation did not serve any valid legislative purpose. There was no question of national security involved, or of over-throwing the government by force or violence...

Author: By Michael Churchill, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Seeger Defense Attacks HUAC at Trial Opening | 3/28/1961 | See Source »

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