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Uniqueness of Christ. Dr. Cross finds many of Dupont-Sommer's views "flamboyant," his theses "methodologically unsound," i.e., Cross thinks the French scholar may have been misled by later Christian interpolations in some Essene documents. Moreover, Presbyterian Cross believes that Dupont-Sommer often bases his arguments on mere word play. There is no proof in the scrolls, says Cross, that the Teacher of Righteousness was considered a Messiah or that he was martyred. Cross concedes the similarity between the teachings of the Essenes and early Christianity, but holds that this in no way invalidates Christian teaching or puts...
Circulation v. Implication. Magazines that have accepted the ads, said Father Graf, "will corrupt the minds of our youth." He called the puzzles "gyp lotteries," reminded the A.C.U. that the House of Bishops opposes bingo and other gambling. Furthermore, he implied, the whole business was unsound: "If less than $315,000 is grossed," he said, "then the A.C.U. will receive not one cent. How in conscience can a church organization take such a gamble with its reputation and its contributors' money...
...When, in 1951. Monte Durham was arrested in a petty housebreaking, he had been in and out of St. Elizabeths Hospital four times in six years. Psychiatrist Joseph Gilbert had no hesitation in testifying that Durham was of "unsound mind" at the time of the crime. Under the M'Naghten rule, the question was whether he knew that what he was doing was wrong. Said Dr. Gilbert in effect: this could not be answered yes or no. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia reversed Durham's conviction on a technicality, then held...
...solution seems theoretically simple to those advocating non-resident membership with the houses. If the commuter is given connection with a house, then the problem of letting him "rub elbows with undergraduates from all sections of the country" is presumably resolved. As Dean Bender said, "It is basically unsound to isolate a group on an economic or geographic basic."5The locker system in Dudley's basement is one of the small but numerous inconveniences that hagglers the commuter...
...Restraint should be firm but not brutal or punitive. The widespread belief that a casualty in panic can be jolted out of his confusion by slapping him in the face or dousing him with cold water ... is unsound...