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...daughter of a conservative Antwerp lawyer, and appointed court painter to the sovereigns of the Spanish Netherlands. Rubens so prospered that he finally complained to a friend: "To tell the truth. I am so burdened with commissions, both public and private, that for some years to come I cannot commit myself...
...Paterson, N.J., Matti Raivio was found guilty of stealing $193 from a liquor store despite his explanation to the court: "As a man trained as a saboteur and a spy, I would not commit such a childish type of crime...
Bundy said that individuals who seek careers in higher education must feel that some particular field of knowledge is important enough to commit their lives to it. Such attachment to one's field, Bundy said, is more essential in forming a good teacher than intellectual brilliance, successful handling of students, or long formal training in the field...
...policy of long-range commitments. At present, specific foreign aid commitments can be made for only one year at a time. The Administration wants authority to commit economic aid for periods up to ten years, at the total rate of no more than $100 million a year in long-range commitments. A key aim: to assure governments and investors that U.S. funds will not be cut off suddenly...
...mind," many have said); not so London Drs. Iain and Pamela MacKinnon, a husband and wife team. They were impressed by recent trickles of medical evidence that women in the latter part of the menstrual cycle not only have cellular changes but are more prone at that period to commit crimes of violence and experience emotional instability. They checked 47 coroners' cases, and post-mortem examinations made it possible for them to determine at what stage of the cycle death had occurred...