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...that a band of jewel thieves he had fallen in with decided that he could no longer be trusted. Why was he killed? Said one Chicago police investigator: "He knew too much." Added Charles Siragusa, executive director of the Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission: "He may have committed the unpardonable sin-talking to both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Double-Dealer's Death | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

...priest's enthusiastic endorsement of inventive marital sex play. A chapter on "How to Be Sexy" envisages a wife surprising her husband "in the library . . . wearing only panties and a martini pitcher." One right-wing Catholic columnist declared that even discussing the book would be an occasion of sin. (Greeley promptly started a sequel.) The New Agenda (Doubleday) may be Greeley's best theological work to date. It is a thoughtful pastoral prescription for a changing church, which, however, insists that basic Christian concepts-the Resurrection, a Saviour, God's fidelity-are still valid answers to modern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Andrew Greeley, Inc. | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

...First Deadly Sin, Sanders (3) 6-Theophilus North, Wilder (9) 7-The Salamander, West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers | 12/24/1973 | See Source »

Three weeks ago a male attorney showed up in an outfit for which, one Justice allowed, "unharmonious would be a kind term." The attorney's chief sartorial sin: wearing a patterned brown shirt and a clashing patterned red tie. The departure from white-shirted tradition prompted whispered comments while the unfortunate fellow argued his case. Muttered one Justice: "We're just getting oldfashioned, I guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: A Dressing Down for Not Dressing Up | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

...First Deadly Sin, Sanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

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