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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...long been an American boast that we have a Government of laws and not of men. We believe that any study of recent decisions of the Supreme Court will raise at least considerable doubt as to the validity of that boast . . . Frequent differences and occasional overrulings of prior decisions in constitutional cases cause us grave concern as to whether individual views of the members of the court [on] what is wise or desirable do not unconsciously override a more dispassionate consideration of what is or is not constitutionally warranted...
...harbor, dangerous radioactive materials might be released. "If only one-fourth of the radioactivity aboard got out," said one physicist darkly, "all human beings within a mile around would perish." Suddenly Premier Hansen did not stand alone: it turned out that the British had also had qualms about the recent visit of the Nautilus. Sure enough, when asked, Her Majesty's government admitted to having welcomed the Nautilus at Portland (pop. 15,000) precisely because the port was small enough to be "suitable." British atomic authorities, who had been queried by the Admiralty, advised against letting the Nautilus...
...ranks of public officials on record against the dangers of heavy cigarette smoking won a noted recruit in New York's Health Commissioner Herman E. Hilleboe. Granting there is no proof that smoking is the only cause of lung cancer, Dr. Hilleboe declared that several recent studies "give irrefutable evidence that the long-range effects of cigarette smoking are harmful for many people...
...forms in which the Gospel is set down had meanings for the people who wrote it which are no longer clear to contemporary men. They must be reinterpreted in order to be understood and communicated. Historian Pauck seems to leave out of consideration, however, the increasing popularity in recent decades of a more demanding, more theological, more supernatural form of religion in both Catholic and Protestant Christianity and in Judaism as well...
Year to Forget. As matters stood, 1958 was a year Detroit's automakers would like to forget. The worst year in recent history saw production plummet 30% from 1957's 6,212,000 cars to a projected 4,326,700 (see box). Sales were down 28% to the lowest point since...