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...fuel must have been burned to give Little Curly her ride. The loaded rocket, with its fuel, structure, instrumentation and payload, must have weighed considerably more than 1,000,000 Ibs. To lift it off the ground at reasonable speed must have required a rocket motor (or a cluster of them) with something like 1,500,000 Ibs. of thrust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: 1957 Beta | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

...ground; the other of gray brick granite. There is no sign, except a solitary cross located on the bell tower, to indicate the nature, denomination, or purpose of the people gathered within. On one side of the Monastery lies the transit bus yard; on the other, a silent cluster of apartment houses...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: Monastery Hides Near MTA | 10/25/1957 | See Source »

...little town of Calipatria (pop. 2,500), a cluster of small stores and business buildings surrounded by the truck farms of California's broiling Imperial Valley, has always had one claim to fame: it is located 184 ft. below sea level, and fondly calls itself "the lowest-down city in the Western Hemisphere." Last week Calipatria got a raise in stature, if not elevation, as it demonstrated how far the Imperial Valley has come since the old days-and Pearl Harbor days-when inflamed feelings against Japanese settlers brought persecution and bloodshed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: High-Flying Flag | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

Little Benjamin Thurlow Ballou is as sweet as a cluster of lollipops. Though he is only three years old, Benjy is the best little tot in Smiles, Pa., and he always does just what his Mummy tells him. In the morning he puts on his little pink shoes and his little pink sugarplum bathrobe all by himself, and at night he puts his cute little toys neatly away in his playbox. All this makes Benjy feel "toasty-warm all over." and he can't help snuggling up to his mother and saying, "I'm gwad you my Mummy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: From Curley fo Curlylocks | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...smoked from his perch on a high stool, his eyes darting back and forth. Crammed in front of him and to his left stood screens flashing four different views of the game, plus a fifth monitor linked to another camera focused on cards bearing players' names. Above this cluster of screens hung two more: one showed the picture that Coyle had just decided to put on home sets; the second, like the batter's on-deck circle, carried whatever shot he could foresee as the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Best Seat in the House | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

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