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...explained in the current Bulletin of Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum, such fears were more than justified. Robbers did make off with his mummy, and for good measure, or for fear of the Master's ghost, they smashed his reserve head as well. Dug up by archaeologists in 1936, the pieces were plastered together again, finally sold to the Metropolitan. On exhibition at the museum last week, the proudly tilted head was one of the earliest examples of portrait sculpture known. The nostrils (to Egyptians the seat of life) had been carved with special care, presumably so that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Reserve Head | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

Hungarian-born Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (in English, St. George), professor of biochemistry, is a Nobel Prizewinner who is fascinated by muscles. "That a soft jelly should suddenly . . . change its shape and lift a thousand times its own weight . . ." he says, "is little short of miraculous." In the current Scientific American, Szent-Gyorgyi explains the latest discoveries about this miracle of muscle action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Muscle Man | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

...plug for the company.) These feats, Dunninger solemnly avers, were accomplished for the entertainment of TV audiences without the use of "supernatural powers." But they have given an almost supernatural boost to his Bigelow Show* (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., NBCTV) rocketing it from 19th to second place in the current Hooperatings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Important 95% | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Readers of London's highbrow Horizon are triple-annealed against literary stresses. Even so, some must look twice or thrice at a clutch of verses by José Garcia Villa in the current issue. Sample...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Danger, Poet at Work | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

This test is to help TIME readers and their friends check their knowledge of current affairs. In recording answers, make no marks at all opposite questions. Use one of the answer sheets printed with the test: sheets for four persons are provided. After taking the test, check your replies against the correct answers printed on the last page of the test, entering the number of right answers as your score on the answer sheet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President and Politics | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

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