Word: tenet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your April 30 article covering the case of the Labrenzes who refused for religious reasons to allow a blood transfusion to save the life of their child: the whole subject appears to me to involve ... the fundamental right of society to prohibit suicide or murder by religious tenet . . . The Chicago court's action in denying the parents' right to murder their child by a default based on religious principle is a healthy indication...
...author's skillful use of small details also adds interest to the latter parts of the book. For example, in Arizona Mitchell Hickok has been praised for spelling names correctly, a traditional tenet of accurate journalism. But when Mitch is interviewed by New York reporters, they spell his name wrong...