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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Afterthoughts for Utah. At their early breakfasts and their late bull sessions in the Olympic Hotel, the Republican governors were pleased to discover how close their political views were to Ike's. Most Democratic governors, too (notable exception: Michigan's Fair Dealing G. Mennen Williams), were revealed as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: A Time for Governors | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

The Why. The G.I., like any other soldier, was afraid of death, which came suddenly, and always at the wrong time. A man in his company was blown up just after he got a telegram that told him he had a new son, his first. "The American soldier has only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: How the Ball Bounced | 8/3/1953 | See Source »

Torment is no longer than the average lending-library time killer, but it gets more said about the human condition than many a contemporary novelist gives forth in his entire output. For Author Pérez Galdós is bold enough to use the fine old materials of fiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good News from Spain | 8/3/1953 | See Source »

An innocent-looking chemical, much like water in appearance, has U.S. synthetic chemists in a state of eager anticipation. It is hydrazine (N2H4), which is just coming on the market in large quantities and at a reasonable price. It offers scientists a chance to discover new chemical continents.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Wonderful Hydrazine | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

Murder or Not? Vercors' question comes up when British scientists discover in New Guinea a large tribe of cliff-dwellers. Paranthropus ("tropi" for short) is a queer chap, human in that he smokes his meat and buries his dead; simian in many of his physical characteristics; a bit of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Zoological Satire | 6/22/1953 | See Source »

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