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Originally, Edelin was accused of "ruthless and reckless conduct" toward a 20-24-week-old aborted fetus when, the prosecution maintained, it was still alive outside its mother's body...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Supreme Court Overrules Edelin Conviction Charges | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

Still, Carter is fond of quoting Danish Theologian Soren Kierkegaard that "every man is an exception," a view that certainly fits him. He has been described with a catalogue of contradictions: liberal, moderate, conservative, compassionate, ruthless, soft, tough, a charlatan, a true believer, a defender of the status quo, a populist Hamlet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man of the Year: I'm Jimmy Carter, and... | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

...World War II, aided by a supremely motivated work force and a gigantic worldwide marketing-intelligence network, the Japanese have made exports the cutting edge of industrial growth. Kinji Yajima, an economist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, says frankly: "The very efficiency of this Japanese machine makes it ruthless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Showdown: Japan v. Europe | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

...must not be repeated. Every President, sooner or later, will conclude with President Eisenhower that "there is no alternative to peace." But peace cannot be our only goal. To seek it at any price would render us morally defenseless and place the world at the mercy of the most ruthless. Mankind must do more, as Tacitus said, than "make a desert [and] call it peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bicentennial Essay: America & the World: Principle & Pragmatism | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

...large part of the resurgimento of Big Apple ball can be attributed to a new school of coaches: young, ruthless recruiters like rebuilding specialist Tom Penders at Columbia, Jack Powers at Manhattan, Jimmy Valvano at Iona, Billy Raftery, first year Fordham mentor Dick Stewart, and CCNY's Floyd Layne...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Big Town's Comeback | 12/11/1976 | See Source »

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