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Basic in orthodox Christianity is the belief that the individual left to his own devices is subject to kinds of behavor harmful to others, and inconsistent with his own true Happiness, as well in this life as in the life to come. The strive to overcome these vices and to replace them with their opposite virtues the Christian finds both an inspiration and a challenge. From the beginning, Christians have banded together to encourage and assist one another in striving, and for the common conservation and use of the means God has placed at their disposal for carrying...
...reading out a paragraph from his April 11 radio speech explaining his dismissal of General MacArthur: "The Communist side must now choose its course of action . . . and with it the awful responsibility for what may follow . . . The decision is theirs, because the forces of the United Nations will strive to limit the conflict if possible...
Most new magazines start out with small circulations, hopefully strive for the big time over a period of months or years. But last week a new magazine came out, trumpeting a guaranteed circulation of 1,500.000. Its name: Better Living. It is the latest addition to the family of slick-paper, slickly written magazines sold chiefly at the check-out counters of chain stores and supermarkets. These folksy, foxy supermagazines which lure people into stores, then help sell the store's products, now have a combined circulation of about 10 million a month...
...games in Madison Square Garden, he did not offer the players money. Said Bekbayev, as Moscow's Pravda reported the incident last week: "Isn't it a clever combination I thought up?" Nevertheless, "the Kazakhstan athletes determinedly rejected Bekbayev's proposal. They continued to strive for first place honestly, without machinations, as Soviet athletes should." In fact, the outraged Alma Ata goalie kicked the ball into his own goal "in order to attract the attention of the stadium to the dishonest deal...
...been invited but did not respond until after the closing date for entries, sent nine "observers," who presented the federation with an engraved enamel incense burner and a red silk banner inscribed: "We wish the first Asian games success and the physical education workers of Asia to unite and strive for peace in Asia and all the world." They gave each team a blue flower vase, a set of Communist magazines called People's Pictorial, pictures of Mao Tse-tung, and on the closing night they gave a huge party. The Japanese, who, along with representatives of the Philippines...