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...misinterpreted the message, but the Prophet revealed it correctly. He permitted Moslems four wives (he had about a dozen) and invented a masculine eternity full of nubile virgins, a paradise assured by good works and obedience to simple rules, such as praying to Mecca five times daily. The quickest way to heaven was by dying in a holy war to spread the faith, the only war permitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ARABIA DECEPTA: A PEOPLE SELF-DELUDED | 7/14/1967 | See Source »

...quickest at grasping points of complicated cases of any judge I've ever seen." Says another Alabamian: "He gives 'em all hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judges: Interpreter in the Front Line | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

...Cornell match Friday was the quickest of the season. Only the number two match went to three sets, as Bernie Adelsberg wore down his opponent, 6-8, 6-2, 6-4. The most decisive victories were 6-2, 6-2 singles wins by sophomores John Levin (one) and Rooky Jarvis (four) and a 10-2 doubles conquest by the same players...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Team Strafes Army, Cornell By Identical Scores of 8-1 Indoors | 5/8/1967 | See Source »

...quickest match was turned in at number four, where Rocky Jarvis continued his streak of ritual executions by defeating his Ephman 6-1, 6-1. Jarvis has not relinquished more than three games in a set this season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racketmen Nab Easy 7-2 Victory | 4/27/1967 | See Source »

...Being a journal of record is the quickest road to not being read," Bethell notes, "and we can't afford that. We try, for instance, to avoid a glut of alumni notes. They get readers to subscribe, but they can fill half the magazine unless you weed out the trivia. We tend not to print the 'I-ran-into-Charlie-the-other-day-in-the-men's-room-of-Grand-Central-Station' variety...

Author: By Richard R. Edmonds, | Title: Time's Newsstand Competition? Alumni Bulletin Chief Hopes So | 3/2/1967 | See Source »

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