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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...further nuclear test explosions. Playwright Schary's central figure, Dr. Aaron Cornish (Kenneth MacKenna) is a famous atomic scientist stricken, very possibly because of his nuclear activities, with acute leukemia. In any case, after self-searching, he determines to spend what months remain to him urging an end to nuclear-bomb tests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays on Broadway, Nov. 16, 1959 | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...struggle for an answer that he had been handed, complete with acting script, a few hours before. Old Twenty One fans particularly remember one script, asking for the name of the character in Verdi's La Traviata who sings Sempre libera. "She sings it right at the end of a party given by . . ." whispered the sweating Van Doren at the time. "What's her name! Soprano. Her name is like . . . Violetta! Violetta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Van Doren & Beyond | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...mast" has the makings of a revolution in architecture, because it puts the horizontal steel-in tension principles that apply to suspension bridges into a vertical context. The wires, in a state of tension, keep the mast unbending and rigid. The aluminum tubes, arranged like pairs of end-to-end coat hangers (see cut), push the wires apart to keep them taut. An exact balance of push-and-pull makes the tower stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Push & Pull | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...Steel, Jones & Laughlin, Inland, Republic and most of the other big producers expected to pour their first iron and steel in 48 to 96 hours after firing up. By the end of the first week, the industry hopes to be at 25% of capacity; 40% to 70% capacity should come by the second week, depending on the product and the mill; and by the third week, production should reach 80% of capacity. Better than 90% capacity will take another two to three weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Back to Work | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...CUSTOMERS will increase to 44.5 million by end of 1970 v. 31.2 million in 1958, predicts American Gas Association. Industry expects its plant and equipment nearly to triple in value to $49 billion by that time and total sales to reach $11.8 billion, v. $4.6 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Nov. 16, 1959 | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

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