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Between interviews he often got a summons from the judge on the bench. Perhaps it was to test the reliability of a witness; perhaps it was to prove that a stain was blood. He found cross-examinations mentally invigorating, soon learned that he could nonplus storming attorneys if he kept smiling no matter how galling their insinuations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Father Oliver Passes | 2/1/1943 | See Source »

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