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...pray for the prolongation of these subscriptions, hoping that in the nearer or farther future we shall be able to pay for them. We can't imagine our life without this 'golden thread' which for us is the reading of TIME and LIFE...
...window didn't seem like the right thing for our mother. So I asked May how she would like to establish a clinic. She asked how much it would cost. I said about $15,000. She says now I should have put another zero on that. It was nearer $150,000 before we'd finished...
...joins serious discussions only when others take the initiative. "There's no question of converting these people except in rare cases," says Father Baudry. "If I tried to do that, doors would be closed to me. But the people in Madame Lulu's bistro are infinitely nearer God than they were four years...
...minority report. Said Allen (in 1942 Godfrey was dropped from the Allen show after a six-week experiment): "He's sweeping the country, and, Lord knows, it needs to be swept. But I think Arthur must be doing it with a short-handled broom-he's nearer the dirt than most people." To Allen, Godfrey is a sign of the times: "Millions of people think he's the funniest guy alive, but their standards are open to question. This is an age of mediocrity. Anything mediocre is bound to be a success. As we get more regimented...
...week long, the FEPC bill-to punish an employer for discrimination in hiring because of race or religion-was an issue, but it came no nearer to a vote. It was a performance that reflected little credit on either party, for both have endorsed FEPC in their platforms. Even before the debate began, Speaker Sam Rayburn of Bonham, Texas let it be known that he would do his considerable best to keep FEPC from reaching the House floor. His excuse was that the bitter struggle over changing the House rules (TIME, Jan. 30) had not left the "right atmosphere...