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...know there is not one jot of evidence for the implication that people by the tens of thousands might actually be killed by United States testing. Nor do I understand the relevance of "consent": every day the government makes crucial decisions without securing a majority vote on the matter; and in any event the decision which is being made cannot simply be phrased in terms of a decision to "endanger the lives of tens of thousands." Finally, how can the Peace Marchers be so sure that testing has not brought the Russians closer to an effective anti-missile missile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "IRRESPONSIBILTY" | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

Humanists are experimentalists, Rafton pointed out. Freed from an "ox-cart religion in a jot ago," They "don't have to stick with a dogma," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Humanist Blasts Belief in God(s) | 1/11/1962 | See Source »

...line political weapon is his own power of political persuasion. He courts Congressmen, inviting them to the White House for intimate social gatherings, calling them on the telephone to hash over old times on the Hill, remembering their birthdays with personal notes, carrying a tiny pad on which to jot down their political problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: John F. Kennedy, A Way with the People | 1/5/1962 | See Source »

...Commonwealth. "Many people have said many things about this Commonwealth of ours." she said. "We know it is a group of equals; a family of like-minded peoples, whatever their differences of religion, political systems, circumstances, and races. We know that in this family group, no member loses one jot of its own sovereignty or individuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana: The Queen's Visit | 11/17/1961 | See Source »

...Parker; Charlie Parker Records). Saxophonist Parker was recorded at a concert dance in 1950, and despite the background murmur, he comes through warm and clear. His eloquent solos-particularly in This Time the Dream's on Me and in his own Moose the Mooche-have withered not a jot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Jazz Records | 9/15/1961 | See Source »

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