Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This was enough to send Dr. Heil back to Manhattan for another close-up inspection. With mounting excitement he dated the marble, through ultraviolet examination, as from the 16th century. The workmanship, he found, was Renaissance in character. A few details-unsmoothed caliper marks on the cheeks, one wing of the Medusa head on Cosimo's armor -seemed unfinished. Otherwise the statue was in near-perfect condition...
...doubt very much whether the New Testament writers were as subtle or as self-conscious as some commentators would make them appear," writes the Rev. John Bertram Phillips. "They would be, or indeed perhaps are, amazed to learn what meanings are sometimes read back into their simple utterances!" Anglican Phillips' attempt to make these utterances simple to 20th century readers is The New Testament in Modern English (Macmillan; $6), which last week was headed for the bestseller list...
...Back in Formosa, Choi was packed off to recuperate at Peitow, a sulphurous spa near Taipei. There Choi woke up one morning to find he was paralyzed from the hips down. He telephoned a friend at Taipei's Friends of China Club. "I'm at Peitow, and I'm paralyzed," he said, and added-in his awareness that Peitow is a famed carousing place: "Please don't laugh...
...wouldn't say that, Mr. President," shot back Smith. "I've been playing in the minor leagues...
...tailed Ike's limousine at Ligonier, Pa. Still undecided was whether Smith would resume his old status as senior wire service correspondent, regain the perquisite of ending presidential press conferences with "Thank you, Mr. President." But for the time being, Newsman Smith was glad enough just to be back from Peoria...