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...Pius XII issued an encyclical letter warning the world's Roman Catholics of danger to their church. The first, in March, called attention to such external threats as atheism and Communism. The second, published last week and directed at dangers from within, dealt with "some false opinions which threaten to undermine the foundations of Catholic doctrine...
...through the water would crush the hulls of ships in port. A million tons of radioactive water thrown into the air would smash nearby piers and warehouses, splash on others farther away, making them unapproachable for weeks or months. A wind-borne mist laden with deadly radioactive particles would threaten survivors to leeward...
...market and by bluntly suggesting some undiplomatic ways to force prices down aga (e.g., "scrutinizing" loan to coffee countries, encouraging production in other countries, policing the coffee trade, etc.), Iowa's Senator Guy Gillette and his colleagues had managed to wound the good neighbors' sensitive pride and threaten their pocketbooks as well...
Ronald Colman plays Beauregard Bottomley, an omniscient bookworm who is convinced that radio's money-splurging quiz shows threaten the U.S. with "intellectual destruction," and sets out to strike a blow for intellectual salvation. An expert who can't be stumped, he appears on Soap Manufacturer Vincent Price's double-ornothing program week after week, letting his winnings pile up with the plan of taking over the whole $40-million soap company. When the alarmed hucksters try to give him what he has already won and get rid of him, a hero-loving public refuses...
...apparently being run by a small group of irresponsible men who, by their irrational approach, threaten serious injury to the whole College. The question of rules and regulations must and shall be settled calmly and rationally...