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...above it. High points were the finding of five matting-wrapped mummies, bone-dry and well preserved. They had been buried in a doubled-up position, like babies in the womb. The ancient Huastecas believed in an afterlife, and they thought that this style of burial favored a prompt rebirth...
...reaction was prompt-and hardly what Rooy and Peereboom expected. Wired the Foreign Press Association: "Freedom of the press is seriously threatened." When Rooy was asked if it was not the duty of a newspaper to check everything it published, he replied that the papers have a special duty with respect to the Queen. He warned that foreign newsmen who ignored the agreement should not expect cooperation from the Dutch press. The issue, said Rooy, is one of "civilization," not censorship. The association then passed a resolution condemning the agreement, and mailed it to editors and top government officials...
...your magazine are entirely uncorroborated. For instance: "At Manhattan's Haaren High . . . five fires were set in a single classroom in a recent week. Only two were reported by the teacher for fear his disciplinarian slip might be showing." . . . There were two fires, both set by one pupil. Prompt action was taken. The pupil was caught, he appeared in court and was placed on probation. Within the memory of the principal, no comparable incident has ever occurred at that school . . . "A teacher recently stopped a fight between two students. Later that day, he found his new car scratched...
...most complete health insurance plans: "Broadly speaking, in addition to the human considerations, we feel that people do their work more effectively when they are relieved of worry and anxiety. Medical care may be delayed if they haven't the money to pay for it. But with prompt medical care they will recover more quickly, lose less time...
...Agriculture Brannan in 1949 the second method would have been used. But to prevent farmers from flooding the market, raising the cost of the support program prohibitively, the Brannan Plan included a quota system to restrict crop production. The response of Mid-Western farmers and conservative farm organizations was prompt and negative. The alleged "regimentation" and dependence on a yearly Congressional appropriation were so repulsive that the proposal had to be shelved...