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...spring PBH blood drive offers an option to give blood for a Vietnam fund. In our opinion, giving blood to alleviate the suffering in Vietnam is a humanitarian act, and should be discussed and weighed as such. There are many political opinions related to the crisis: may we plead that they not interfere with our ability to save the lives of many human beings. David McNicol, President Harvard young Republican Club Peter H. Weiner, President Harvard-Radcliffe Young Democrats
...took Sinyavsky and Daniel, however, to provide the real departure. "Do you plead guilty?" asked Prosecutor Oleg P. Temushkin. "Not at all," replied Sinyavsky in defiance of standard Soviet legal response. "Neither in full nor in part," echoed Daniel. That left the prosecution with the rare chore of actually proving its case...
...struggle for civil liberties in the Soviet Union, Harold J. Berman, professor of Law, said yesterday. Berman, one of the country's leading experts on Soviet law, said that authors Andrel D. Sinyavsky and Yull M. Daniel are the first Soviet political defendents who were not pressured to plead guilty and who were permitted to have an active defense...
Virtue in Thrift. Almost like a small town banker, Hudgins gets personally involved in many loan applications. Doubtfuls usually wind up in his second-floor office to plead their cases, frequently get their loans after careful investigation. "We only take bankable situations," insists Hudgins. But these include some situations that most other banks would not touch. Examples: a small businessman who found himself in hock to a loan shark to the extent of $3,000 a month persuaded Freedom National to take over his loan, now pays only $600; another businessman who asked for $10,000, instead was given...
...word novena comes from the Latin word for nine, and originally meant a nine-day cycle of Masses said for the repose of a dead person's soul. Gradually it evolved into a prayer service in which people asked a favorite saint to plead their cause in heaven. In modern times, many novenas became perpetual-conducted weekly in churches throughout the year. The most popular were dedicated to the Virgin Mary under a variety of names such as Our Lady of Perpetual Help or Our Sorrowful Mother...