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Once he made his discovery, Dr. Pruitt began a loud vocal opposition to the AEC's Project Chariot, which was a plan to use nuclear explosives to blast a spacious harbor in the Alaskan coast. The side effects, he said, would harm the Eskimos even more. Although he was fired from the university, he continued to make all the noise he could about the danger of feeding more fallout into the Eskimo food chain. The AEC's present management now watches the Eskimos carefully and measures their body burden as it creeps ever higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atomics: Fallout in the Food Chain | 9/13/1963 | See Source »

...lives and practices his profession in Tokyo, still remembers the silent boy solemnly watching as the drawing progressed. Yamasaki remembers too. "The more my uncle talked about architecture, the more I wanted to become an architect." To save up money for schooling, Yamasaki spent five wretched summers working in Alaskan fish canneries. The pay was $50 a month; the work week was 66 hours; the pay for an hour's overtime was 25?. "And there was plenty of over time," Yamasaki recalls. "During busy periods, we would work from 4 in the morning until midnight." Meals consisted of salmon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Road to Xanadu | 1/18/1963 | See Source »

...styles are naturally squatter, and masculine. A big seller is the cuffless Macmillan (also known as the Ambassador and the Astrakhan), though men can choose from the cuffed Alaskan (also known as the Troika and the Stockholm) and the round Pillbox (also known as the Detroit and the Arctic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: The Shapka | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

Expedition (ABC, 7-7:30 p.m.). The first exploration of an active Alaskan volcano called Aniakchak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dec. 15, 1961 | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

...that it probably shows up on seismographs in the Soviet Union. The fixed lighting system, with a 4,3O5-key control board, is still one of the most advanced in the world, making possible spectacular fireworks and the fondly remembered (1959) burning of Nome: once every three hours, the Alaskan city collapsed onstage in a cold conflagration of light, silk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spectacles: Grand Canyon East | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

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