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...consent, generally set at 16 to 18 years, ranges from 12 in Alabama to 21 in Tennessee...
...become so prevalent that churchmen are seriously concerned. Only last month, the House of Laity (which, along with the House of Bishops and the House of Clergy, makes up The National Assembly of the Church of England) requested vicars and curates to refrain from exorcism without the express consent of their bishops...
FICTION 1. Advise and Consent, Drury...
Four months after the Federal Trade Commission accused him of boosting his $45 million-a-year business by deception and coercion (TIME, April 11), Dancer Arthur Murray cha-chaed his way out of the jam, hardly stubbing his toes. He agreed last week to an FTC consent order "to cease and desist" the practices, thus avoided a tough day in court and the prospect of even more damaging publicity. In exchange, the FTC closed its case...
...consent order, which is not technically an admission of guilt, forces the Arthur Murray studios to abandon most of their now famous promotional schemes. These included telephone calls asking prospects to name two former U.S. presidents who were once generals, "Lucky Buck" contests soliciting dollar bills whose serial numbers included a five and a zero, and zodiac-and crossword-puzzle contests. All offered free dance lessons as a reward for the right answers, but the FTC charged that the contests were too easy to be genuine, were used as bait with which high-pressure Murray salesmen conned prospects into signing...