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...church images are weaker, interesting chiefly for their elegance. Done on commission, they are Fazzini's livelihood...
...veteran of two wars (Spanish American and World War I), Hanley had been in New York State politics since 1926. Recently he had become worried about going blind (his right eye was removed in 1948), and concerned about his livelihood. This summer, he had borrowed a reported $30,000 from two prominent Republican friends, to make the race for governor. One was Publisher Frank Gannett. The other was former State G.O.P. Chairman W. Kingsland Macy, to whom he had written his letter...
...Episcopal bishop of New York but the bishop's staff merely smiled at the young man who had nothing more concrete in mind than "doing something for God." So he joined the Church Army. Assigned to a mission in Pittsburgh where he depended for his livelihood on 'offerings," he came close to starving. One lay a dollar appeared in the plate and Hance decided to treat himself to a steak...
...What We Are Doing." Replied Scott Lucas: "The laws of a government are considered civilized to the extent that they protect the life of its citizens against the conduct and acts of others. The right of life is no less than the right to work and earn a livelihood . . . A nation which must call upon every man and woman, regardless of race or religion, to protect it in time of grave crisis should secure to each of its citizens the right equally with all men to earn a livelihood . . . What we are doing here is trying to solve rationally...
...Bicycle Thief. The Italian classic about a Roman workman whose livelihood hinges on finding his stolen bicycle (TIME...