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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scholars are at loggerheads over the extent to which the Essene documents affect traditional Christianity. Says Dupont-Sommer, a former Roman Catholic priest: "All the problems relative to primitive Christianity henceforth find themselves placed in a new light, which forces us to reconsider them completely." Christ, he feels, is a prototype, "in many respects an astonishing reincarnation" of the Essene Teacher of Righteousness. This implies that Jesus might have found in Essene thinking a role readymade for him. But Dupont-Sommer emphasizes that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Dead Sea Jewels | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

...auto racing. At week's end track promoters, drivers and racing-car owners were already planning to set up a new organization to replace the A.A.A. contest board. Said the Indianapolis Speedway's owner, Anton Hulman Jr.:"I see no reason why [the A.A.A. action] should affect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Safety First | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

Modern medicine now goes to the mind of the matter. A cirrhotic liver may fail to filter some nitrogen compounds which the body makes in the process of digesting protein foods such as meat. These compounds so affect the nervous system that a diet rich in protein will play hob with the intellectual power of such a patient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Or, What You Will | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

...satellite will be of enormous value to meteorologists. So will its reports on the earth's cloud cover. They may result in global weather forecasts good for months ahead. Information on solar rays and particles will clear up many mysteries about the electrified layers in the atmosphere that affect radio transmission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Satellites Aweigh | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

...self, the wage settlement was neither inflationary nor deflationary. Improvements in methods may very well overbalance the costs of the wage increase. We call it improvement in production procedure . . . I happen to believe that steel is a hell of a bargain at the present price, and it need not affect the cost of living, though it may change some buying habits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Is Inflation Coming? | 7/25/1955 | See Source »

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