Word: willingness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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For ten hours the five women and seven men on the Nebraska jury struggled with their anguishing problem: what to do with soft-cheeked Caril Ann Fugate, 15, who accompanied bowlegged Badman Charles Starkweather, 19, on a ten-murder spree last spring (TIME, Feb. 10). Had Caril Ann, whose own...
Till Freedom Comes. While the U.S. and France stoutly stood their ground, the British began to make noises as if it did not matter much what compromises were made so long as the West stayed in West Berlin. The London Economist thought it odd that the West should be willing...
Happiness. Says famed Teacher Mark Van Doren of Columbia University: "The college teacher is devoted to the search for truth, and as such he is the envy of all those in our society who are paid to obscure or distort it. He is the only one who is paid to...
On the Ferry. Still, Harold was willing. He was 23 and had been looking for a good break in the music business ever since his daddy, who piloted a Mississippi River ferry out of Helena, Ark., taught him how to play the guitar. Some records he had out were bombs...
"If we find that the Administration would be willing to make up any deficit which the serving of liquor might incur," Hammond said, "the Club probably will try to get a license." Cost of a private liquor license in Cambridge is $1200, he added.