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I was shocked to read such a biased report on Argentina in the June 20 issue. Why anybody in his right mind would condone someone who puts religion before country beats me . . . Public denunciation and execution would be the most appropriate fate for these traitors! . . . I say more power to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 11, 1955 | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

I suppose TIME thinks it bright and sophisticated to write up a crime story in the smug manner . . . of the life and death of Barbara Graham [June 13] . . . If we (society in general) refuse to interest ourselves in the lives of maltreated and disturbed children, we must expect to pay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 4, 1955 | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

From the moment that abominable decision was handed down, two broad courses only were available to the South. One was to defy the court openly and notoriously; the other was to accept the court's decision and to combat it by legal means. To defy the court openly would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: LAWFUL RESISTANCE | 6/13/1955 | See Source »

One morning last week she toyed with the hot fudge sundae she had ordered for breakfast. The gas chamber execution was scheduled for 10 a.m. At 9:05 the governor's office called and postponed the execution because the State Supreme Court had been asked by Barbara's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Death of a Sea Gull | 6/13/1955 | See Source »

Khrushchev baited his trap with the most abject apology any Communist leader ever made. Tito's ejection from the Cominform was a terrible mistake, said Khrushchev. "We sincerely regret what happened, and resolutely reject the things which occurred, one after the other, during that period." He produced a scapegoat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Come Back, Little Tito | 6/6/1955 | See Source »

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