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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Do Not Disturb. In 1930 a University College, Cork, professor asked permission to examine the diaries in connection with a biography he was writing. Back from the Home Office came the abrupt reply that was to be the policy of every government, Labor or Tory, since: "It was decided long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Ghost Knocks | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

To accomplish these tasks, Explorer VI's 1/161n. aluminum skin shrouds the most intricate and talented collection of scientific instruments yet sent into space -all in a 29-in. by 26-in. ball that moves through its complete orbit once every twelve hours. One hoped-for result is the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Paddle-Wheel Satellite | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

This week's New Delhi conference will examine new government proposals requiring India's universities to take "rigorous and effective measures" for raising academic standards and ensuring discipline, but officials are not hopeful. Says an officer of the government's University Grants Commission, with a shrug: "After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Factories of Futility | 8/10/1959 | See Source »

Called before the committee was the Navy's volatile virtuoso. Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover, 59 (see Diplomacy), who only a few months before casually told another committee: "I myself don't get pressured by outsiders, but they do go higher up and get pressure put on me that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Avoiding Temptation | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

Backed by Brazil, Chile and Peru, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS John Dreier proposed a conference of the 21 foreign ministers to examine the "grave situation" in the Caribbean "on a broad front." Dreier recalled that in three months the OAS had met twice before to study threats to peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Caribbean Dilemma | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

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