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The belief that God created man "in His own image" was apparently alien to Simone Weil, who could not see why God, who is infinite, should create something "that is outside himself, that is not himself." The only way to bridge the contradiction, she felt, was through Christ on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Saint of the Undecided | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

"Our national obsession with leadership," he said, has led us to pay more respect to "the practical-minded rather than the theoretical-minded man." The population increase of the past few years has also, according to Jones, lowered the standards of higher education.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jones, Ede Investigate Educational Difficulties Facing Modern Society | 11/17/1956 | See Source »

The Sons Take Over. Gunman López Pérez was a slight, short, pencil-mustachioed Nicaraguan who had worked until lately as a salesman of phonograph records in neighboring El Salvador. He could never reveal his motive: witnesses counted 20 bullet holes in his body. But as an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Shots at the President | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

But the forces seeking to unite Italy's divided Socialists are also considerable and involve more than just Socialists. So long as one-third of the Chamber of Deputies votes with Moscow, no true two-party system is possible in Italy, and there can be no effective alternative to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Artful Dodger | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

A flourishing sideline in paper caps has grown out of Ingram's obsession for cleanliness. When he borrowed $700 to build the first turreted White Castle hamburger stand at Wichita, Kans. in the '20s. he decided to give the customer 5? hamburger, a shiny counter and immaculate countermen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROMOTION: Caps on the Side | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

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