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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attitudes of the ballet corps occasionally clotted the action and wearied the eye. But for the most part, the old war horse of the classic ballet came alive with a freshness it rarely achieves. A big part of the reason: the Russians approach the old fairy tale with simple, direct, unsophisticated conviction that communicates a sense of joy to the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Bolshoi's Bounce | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...letter, Pusey terms the section "a direct personal affront" to the faculties and student bodies of American colleges. "The Congress has singled out," according to Pusey, "our college people alone as a special group and then said to them by implication, 'We are not sure you are fine loyal Americans. As a matter of fact, we rather think...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Advises Kennedy To Fight Loyalty Oath | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

...single or even direct combination of answers in the film justifies Dassin's big question. The justification comes from an evocation of smaller questions, like that about fighting, and their probable answers. On this level, the story succeeds completely. The virtue in asking a "big question" lies in the fact that many smaller questions, subsumed, become answered...

Author: By John H. Fincher, | Title: He Who Must Die | 4/30/1959 | See Source »

Castro denounced the Cubans in Panama as violating his Cuban revolutionary principles and ignoring direct orders to avoid any such involvements. Cuba promised every possible help in halting the invasion that has embarrassed Castro's government...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Castro Disclaims Any Connection With Cuban Landing in Panama; Herter Arrives for Paris Talks | 4/29/1959 | See Source »

THERMOELECTRIC POWER, generated by converting heat directly into electricity (TIME, April 13-20), will be developed for Navy by Westinghouse Electric and Carrier Corp. Contracts for oil-fired prototypes total only $536,475, but are key step to future direct generation of electricity from atom reactors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Apr. 27, 1959 | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

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