Word: atomics
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Planes v. Missiles. Ever since the end of World War II, the development of such a weapon has been one of the Air Force's main points in the endless arguments over tactical air power. In an age of jet aircraft and atomic weapons, prop-driven planes like the famed F51 Mustang would prove too slow, too vulnerable to interception by enemy jets unless heavily and expensively escorted. The jets themselves could not maneuver fast enough for accurate low-level support work except in relatively flat terrain. Finally, said the Air Force, any "inhabited" plane, no matter how fast...
...diverse and distinguished watchdogs on the Overseers include the chairman of the board of J. P. Morgan, the editor of Harper's, the headmaster of Exeter, and the man who supervised the making of the first atom bomb...
...sight of men and planes falling in action, of ships aflame and bombs exploding (including the first atom bomb) brought back vividly to thousands of televiewers last week the shocks and memories of World War II. They were seeing Crusade in the Pacific, produced by the same MARCH OF TIME crew that put together 1949's prizewinning Crusade in Europe. The first of 26 Pacific chapters was telecast in seven cities; half of the 60 U.S. television areas have scheduled later showings...
...will look much like an ordinary Tang-class sub (TIME, July 9), only bigger and chubbier. It will have the same streamlined gun-free deck, the same sharklike fin rising in the center to house its radar, periscope and snorkel (which is a convenience, not a necessity, on an atomic submarine). Inside, the SSN will open up an entirely new world to sailormen accustomed to the smelly, cramped interiors of standard subs. It will have its own oxygen supply and a special carbon dioxide removing room to freshen the air its crew breathes. There will be vast space...
...elderly geneticist: "When we think we know a lot, we're agnostic. When we learn how insignificant our knowledge is-we return to God." It is the cocksure youngster in the laboratory, Whitman found, who says, "How wonderful I am! Look what I've found in the atom!" The old man says, "Isn't God wonderful-look what He's put in the atom...