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...high-energy title until the completion, probably in 1960, of the 25-Bev machine now under construction at Brookhaven. It will be big (840 ft. in diameter), but its greatly increased power will be made possible by a new principle called "strong focusing." It will need 500 tons of copper and only a small amount of steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Soviet Champ | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...Babylon, the young King presented ownership deeds for 40-acre plots of land to 20 landless fellahin. The land transfer was particularly symbolic to Iraqis: it marked the first time the area has been irrigated since Mongol hordes wrecked their elaborate irrigation systems 700 years ago. Gaunt, copper-skinned E'Elawi Aboud was one of the first to receive his deed. "My father, my father's father and I have all worked the same land for the same sheik's family," said E'Elawi Aboud. "The sheik got half the crop and treated us like slaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: A Quality of Progress | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

...iron and scrap in the rubble, and began to use metal instead of stone. He sketches his sculptural idea on paper before cutting up sheets of metal with shears and blowtorch, then welds the pieces together into the finished product. Over the years he has also learned to unite copper and iron, and graft brightly colored mosaics into his metal creations. An admirer of Calder's mobiles, Lardera says: "Where Calder really introduces movement, I try to give the impression of movement." His current show at Knoedler's is an exhibition of 22 welded pieces of sculpture whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: New Directions | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

STOCK-PURCHASE PLAN will be offered to African natives for first time. Copper-mining Rhodesian Selection Trust Ltd., controlled by Manhattan's American Metal Co., Ltd., will let both native and white workers take part of their wages in stock, and company will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TIME CLOCK, Mar. 25, 1957 | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

What worries the French, more than the troubles in Mauritania, is the new outburst of expansive nationalism in Morocco. To get their iron and copper out of Mauritania and western Algeria, they would like to go through Morocco, and to do that they need good relations with the kingdom they recently freed. Fortnight ago the Moroccan government officially asked France to negotiate on the future of the Saharan frontier. Last week Si Allal el Fassi brought out the first edition of a 16-page weekly propaganda sheet, called The Moroccan Sahara, dedicated to freeing "our Sahara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTH AFRICA: Empire of Sand | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

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