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...with Roman Catholics: ". . . We reaffirm both the sacredness of an individual's religious faith, in which the husband and wife must be equally free and that a fundamental tenet of our faith is violated if either the husband or wife is forced to sign away the religion of unborn children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sugar & Vinegar | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

Pair in Tune. This habit of the penguins has long puzzled ornithologists. Richdale's theory is that the ceremonials, which continue throughout the breeding season, are not sexual preliminaries. Their purpose, he thinks, is simply to "attune" the pair. Then, when the female's unborn eggs are just right for fertilization, mating takes place instantly at her signal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Proper Penguins | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

...warmest and liveliest of them had been written with Jean Armour and her unborn baby in mind (the baby turned out to be twins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Never Gallop Alone | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

According to Seaton-Segall biology, unborn children are little angelic sprites who haunt the premises of their parents-to-be, wistfully awaiting their entrance into a solid world where they can taste ice cream. While Gigi Perreau thus languishes to be conceived, she gives tips to the angels on how to further the project. Angel Webb, a vain, sarcastic know-it-all, then materializes into the couple's life, hatches aphrodisiacal schemes and almost loses his angelic franchise when confronted with temptations of the flesh (Joan Blondell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 18, 1950 | 12/18/1950 | See Source »

...womb, the first at the moment of conception. "Most patients . . . sooner or later startle themselves by finding themselves swimming up a channel or waiting to be connected with." Sooner or later, the most phlegmatic patent is bound to be startled; cases are common "with the patient yet unborn discovering himself at his parents' wedding...

Author: By Daniel Ellsberg, | Title: CABBAGES & KINGS | 10/24/1950 | See Source »

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