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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 73, polar explorer who accompanied Robert Falcon Scott on his fatal Antarctic expedition in 1911, later described in chilling detail (The Worst Journey in the World) a side trip he and two .companions made to find emperor penguin eggs; in London...
...serious U.S. defense gap. This "decision lead-time" problem came sharply into focus last week when the Pentagon faced a serious, unexpected gap in top decision makers. The sudden death of Deputy Defense Secretary Donald Quarles (TIME, May 18) robbed the Pentagon of its key keeper of important policy detail just at a time when...
...Europe; they moved away from the position, no longer tenable after 14 years of peace, that the conquerors could still impose on Germany the shape of its future government. They gave the U.S.S.R. the chance to prove what it professed to desire. In their careful phrasing and attention to detail, the Western proposals showed a willingness to negotiate, not merely an eagerness to propagandize. Those whose trade it is to analyze documents could see in this one an impressive vision of a sensible European future, and that momentary glimpse of what Europe might become made Geneva seem less tawdry, even...
Soon after Galveston was commissioned last year, it became clear that her electronic batteries confronted crewmen with new hazards that had not shown up in earlier missile cruisers (Boston and Canberra) with lower-powered transmitters. Also, the danger of intense microwaves (TIME, April 6) had not been plotted in detail. From animal experiments and sketchy data on humans, the Navy medics set a level of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter of body surface as conservatively safe for personnel aboard missile ships. Dr. Johnson's findings on Galveston proved that this level was sometimes exceeded...
Diplomacy, as onetime Massachusetts Governor Herter well knew, was much more than mellow charm, mastery of detail. One major ingredient was getting the backing of the U.S.-and this week he would take to television to outline the Geneva prospects. Another was getting the measure of the opponent: next week's Geneva meeting could bring real progress, said he, "should the Soviet Union demonstrate an honest desire to negotiate...