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Denouncing "premature nationhood," Elliott outlined a three-point program for cultural aid. A nation, he noted, first must be educated to discharge its international responsibilities and to develop its own resources. The United States then should combat Communist "pug-washing," fostering open forum discussion to develop responsible opinion. As the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conference Studies U.S. Cultural Aid | 8/4/1960 | See Source »

Gases to Protein. Astronomers believe that the atmosphere of the early, lifeless earth had no free oxygen in it, but was made of gases like methane, hydrogen and ammonia. Scientists have also proved that when this gaseous mixture is put in a flask with a little water in the bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Steps Toward Life | 8/1/1960 | See Source »

The novel's central character is Ike-o Hartwell, who was born in a toilet in a Pittsburgh slum called Sobaski's Stair way. He grew up amid the neon glow of pawn shops and poolrooms on Mechanic Avenue, where the purple nights resounded to the clank and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Worlds of Childhood | 7/25/1960 | See Source »

Many an airline passenger has tensed uneasily as lightning streaked the sky and the eerie blue glow of static electricity outlined the wing tips and propellers. Yet airmen have considered static electricity aloft relatively harmless. Now and then, lightning may blow out radio equipment or burn small holes in aircraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fire in the Sky | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

Son of an impoverished Seoul family that traces its ancestry back to Korea's ancient Yi dynasty. Lee had devoted most of his adult life to serving Syngman Rhee. Lee first met Rhee in the U.S. soon after graduating from Iowa's now-defunct Tabor College in 1924...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: TWO NO. 2's | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

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