Word: anciently
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Most notable of such ancient bargains: the 5-mile ferry ride between Manhattan and Staten Island, still...
...countries, where free enterprisers have long livened the state-controlled air (and reaped the income of commercials). Example: French broadcasters have set up a commercial station beyond the reach of French regulation in tiny Andorra. Free Enterpriser Fogh incorporated himself in Liechtenstein as "Internationale Merkur Radio Anstalt," bought an ancient, 100-ton freighter and fixed her up with Panamanian registry, a 36-kw. transmitter, a towering g8-ft. antenna. He tapes programs in a suburban villa near Copenhagen, ferries them out to sea in his own cabin cruiser...
...ancient times, Dr. Jung explains, the UFOs might be classed as "gods," but the unconscious of modern man has a different content. Ancient men saw dragons, other monsters and divine beings in the heavens; modern man sees mechanical portents-mysterious spaceships manned by unearthly superhuman creatures...
Sunburn. Easily the most burning question concerns suntan pills derived from an ancient Egyptian herb remedy. A few years ago, U.S. researchers extracted the weed's potent chemical, 8-methoxy-psoralen, or 8-MOP for short, thought it might help thin-skinned sun seekers tan without burning (TIME, Oct. 17, 1955). Then the team split. One member, the University of Oregon's Dr. Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, concluded that 8-MOP actually makes burns more likely. A small drug firm, Paul B. Elder Co. of Bryan, Ohio, put up 8-MOP in capsules as Oxsor-alen, got it passed...
...Service and for the next generation of journalists, pay-later tourists, and businessmen abroad: 56.4% of U.S. high schools, according to the report, do not teach even one foreign language. Less than 15% of public high school students are enrolled in a modern foreign-language course (almost none study ancient languages). Most take French or Spanish; rare are courses in Russian, Chinese, German, Italian or Portuguese. Even students exposed to languages may not take on enough ability to read a menu. Weighting the odds against the student, according to the report: ill-taught teachers, outdated textbooks, aimed at giving...