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...Kenneth F. W. Prior calls his preaching evangelism, the quiet religious spirit of this witty Englishman is far removed from the frantic dogmatism of Bible Belt fundamentalism. Visiting for a week under the auspices of the Harvard Christian Fellowship, he is not trying to gain 'converts' but rather to stir apathetic students to inquire into their religious-or atheistic-beliefs. He feels American and British "come from the same stock and tend to be slow-moving," and thinks they need prodding...

Author: By William A. Weber, | Title: Quiet Evangelist | 2/15/1961 | See Source »

President Kennedy's action last fortnight in ordering Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke to rewrite almost completely a speech that minced no words about Russia brought press growls from several quarters. Said the New York Daily News: "Such suppressions can only stir up rumors, gossip and exaggerated guesses as to what the muzzled persons would say if permitted to talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: JFK & the Press (Contd.) | 2/10/1961 | See Source »

...Should the U.S. seem in danger of losing the debate on representation, Ambassador Stevenson could validly argue that the question belonged in the U.N.'s "important" category, requiring a two-thirds majority. Such a move might well stir up neutralist efforts to allow both Chinese governments in the U.N.-a prospect that equally horrifies Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung, but has plenty of U.N. backing in the Afro-Asian bloc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Stages of Battle | 2/3/1961 | See Source »

...readers. News of a radar mistake and a bomber alert is reported, if at all, in a note on the sports page. When the ingenious Mr. Kahn writes a book listing death figures for the next war and urging us to build shelters, there is little public stir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Disarmament | 1/12/1961 | See Source »

...with her mother-in-law, the Countess of Rosse in Ireland, Margaret and Hus band Antony Armstrong-Jones booked to go on an Irish commercial airliner, tourist class. Possible reason for their plebeian style: if they came winging in over Irish ground in a British military aircraft, it might stir up the wrong kind of feelings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 6, 1961 | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

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