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...seldom without a pocketful of seed for the birds about his place, he works by himself from 8:30 each morning to 10 at night in a spacious stone library, takes time out only to do a little painting, putter about the grounds, play on his electric organ, or chop a stack of firewood. But out of this solitude has come a philosophy that offers a hopeful vision of the unity of the universe...
...solve the problem, the U.S. Government stepped in last week with more of the same distasteful medicine it has been pressuring the industry to swallow for months. Instead of cutting domestic production, it will insist that major oil companies chop back their imports of cheaper foreign oil under a "voluntary" 10% reduction program (TIME, Sept. 30). Having already rejected appeals by three companies (Tidewater, Indiana Standard Oil, Ohio Standard) for sizable boosts in their import quotas. Navy Captain Matthew V. Carson Jr., administrator of the program, also turned down Eastern States Petroleum Co. and Sinclair Oil Co., even though Sinclair...
...soup?" said I, twitching my chop sticks...
...frying pans contents were now unloaded onto my plate. There being no salt or pepper, I commenced to eat. After struggling with amazing incapacity for ten minutes with my pair of wooden chop sticks, I capitulated to a fork. The Chicken blubber tasted just like chicken blubber, and the herbs like marinated spinach. I asked my friend about the shredded celophane...
...tall and well-muscled (5 ft. 10½, 144 Ibs.), Althea Gibson is not the most graceful figure on the courts, and her game is not the most stylish. She is apt to flail with more than the usual frenzy, and she often relies on "auxiliary shots" (e.g., the chop and slice). But her tennis has a champion's unmistakable power and drive. Says Tony Trabert: "She hits the ball hard and plays like a man. She runs and covers the court better than any of the other women." Says Promoter Jack Kramer, who eventually would like...