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Starring as the reactivated reserve skipper, Gary Cooper is probably the best thing about the picture. In his usual--and favorite--role of Gary Cooper, he is quite at home on the bridge of his handy little ship. Wind whistles past his high cheekbones and salt spray lashes up to...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: U.S.S. Teakettle | 1/27/1954 | See Source »

Primarily because Climatic Changes contains the results of such widely differing scientific methods, it seems to evade the audience. The specialist will wait for reprinting in trade journals of the few articles in his field. And it will be the rare layman, unusually inspired by the stark mountain peaks on...

Author: By Robert A. Fish, | Title: Climatic Change | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

The battle began when a series of incidents made parents realize that something was radically wrong. One little boy confessed that he could not read the postcards his mother had sent him from Honolulu. A teen-age grocery clerk had to admit that he could not read handwritten orders. Another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Get Into Step | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

Armed with sheaves of evidence and backed by 52 witnesses, the prosecutor began unfolding an imposing story of Communist espionage and intrigue. It began more than 2½ years ago, after the U.S.-bolstered Greek army had crushed the Communist guerrilla revolt. Greek intelligence officers began picking up coded radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Treason Trial | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

Customer's Beef. In Tulsa, Okla., after they advertised that they would give a cow to anyone who could decipher the OPS meat regulations, Grocers Wes & "Choo" Phillips tried to head off an insistent housewife whose 850-word explanation was approved by the local OPS, finally compromised, awarded her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 16, 1951 | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

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