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Since some of our friends are convinced that God wishes to be in sole control of our conception or arrival and that any artificial human interference is sinful, isn't it logical to assume that He may be equally concerned -and consider it sinful-when use is made of any human artificial means to interfere with or delay our own death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

...front of our Mission compound here. The wind from the rotor almost tore the grass roof off a nearby house. It is probably the first time that "repair of grass roofs" might be listed as election expenses. The helicopter pilot mentioned that one disadvantage of the helicopter's use was the fact that it often attracted more attention than the campaign speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Conservative Columnist David Lawrence, no admirer of Adlai Stevenson, called the proposal "the most significant utterance this year on labor issues by any political figure." Stevenson, said Lawrence, had voiced the U.S. public's deep disgust at the "irresponsible use of economic power." But despite public disgust, despite President Eisenhower's stern admonition before he departed for Asia that "America needs a settlement now," despite the danger than an aroused public might prod Congress into passing drastic antistrike legislation, Dave McDonald and the steel industry's negotiator, Conrad Cooper, broke off negotiations at midweek in another display...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Behind the Fog | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

While U.S. legislators worry about whether to put their in-laws on the office payroll at salaries up to $16,000 a year and how to use up all the room in two new office buildings costing $90 million, Britain's mother of parliaments has become a legislative slum. "The conditions under which we work," declared one indignant Labor M.P., "are a public scandal." Last week, at the insistence of Labor's fiery, red-haired Boadicea, Barbara Castle, members of the House of Commons were at long last determined to do something about their own welfare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Room for the Hon. Members? | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Although the pinball machines attract considerable attention, local restaurant owners discount the effect their removal would have. "The pinball machines form a small percentage of our business," stated Henry Baumann, owner of Elsie's. "The boys use them to relax. They are the ones who would complain if the machines were removed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pinball Machines May Be Banned | 12/18/1959 | See Source »

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