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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have to ask Mr. Farnum. Mr. Farnum is the President of the Society." She gestured vaguely at a portrait on the wall. "He should be here presently. In the meantime, you might read our monthly, Living Tissue, if you'd like...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Moral Issue | 11/13/1957 | See Source »

...read in Life magazine that the government bombards animals with gamma rays. They imprison monkeys and mice in cramped cages. They starve cats to death and chill dogs in freezing tanks of water. I ask you--do such practices promote human welfare...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Moral Issue | 11/13/1957 | See Source »

...study of science suffers, he said, because teachers are forbidden to read any Western scientific journals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Report on Education In USSR Is Criticized | 11/12/1957 | See Source »

According to Elias' mother, the boy was unusual in other ways. He was born with all his teeth, she claimed, a sure sign that he had come straight from Heaven. He was preaching the Gospel before he was a year old, and at five, she said, Elias could read the Bible upside down in several African languages. With her husband out of the way, Mother Murambodoro (who had often listened to Protestant missionaries) loudly proclaimed that Elias was Jesus reborn with a black skin, and many an African believed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Littlest Messiah | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

Spacing Out. In London, the Daily Mirror, whose slogan has long been "The Biggest Daily Sale on Earth," changed the wording to read: "The Biggest Daily Sale in the Universe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 11, 1957 | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

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