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...there are the more elaborate pleasures of the fray, such as "The Red Eagle": a pet Norse revenge, in which a man's belly is slit from side to side, and his lungs hauled out through the opening. Otherwise, it is the story of a Danish slave boy, Ogier, who wins his freedom and roves with the Viking freebooters from Iceland to Italy. In the end, he marries a princess and sails with her to discover a land that Ogier called Avalon, but that sounds very much like America...
Drunkards cannot be cured by pills alone. But for almost three years, U.S. doctors have been testing a Danish drug, Antabuse (TIME, Dec. 6, 1948), which makes a man loathe alcohol so that he literally cannot stomach it.* They were leary of the drug because they knew that, if improperly used (especially by pranksters), it might cause serious illness or death. The Food & Drug Administration restricted the use of Antabuse to carefully supervised medical experiments...
...Copenhagen, the Danish State Radio was sponsoring Denmark's first TV programs (three hours a week). There were warnings that Denmark's government budget could not stand the cost-$70,000 a year-but eager viewers pointed out that Danish production of TV accessories might earn as much as $5,000,000 from overseas export. Added income: a $7-a-year license fee from each set owner...
...Rocquencourt, France, Professor Erik Husfeldt, on behalf of the Danish Association Concerning Information about the Atlantic Pact and Democracy, presented General Dwight D. Eisenhower with a gold hedgehog, a symbol of "bristling" Western defense...
...last week one Danish expert on old runic inscriptions announced that the Kensington Stone may be genuine, after all. In a lengthy report released by the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. William Thalbitzer admitted with true scientific caution: "I cannot but waver in my doubt . . . the inscription may be authentic...