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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...policy of pretending that Communist influence on the Government didn't exist can be called "Trumanism." It is the real father of "McCarthyism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: McCarthyism v. Trumanism | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

Tory Burleigh, 46, who described himself in the ad as "reasonably intelligent, tall, healthy and strong," said that he, his wife, son, daughter and grandson are "anxious to live and not exist . . . willing to work, learn and give loyalty . . . possessors of keen sense of humor (at present untaxed)." Burleigh served 5½ years overseas in the British army, came home to find his house blitzed and jobs scarce. "It seemed that in this country I was considered derelict because I was over 40." He went into business for himself, then became a salesman but didn't make it, finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fed Up | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

...have already been preserved for as long as 33 days. "We have ... to contemplate," said Dr. A. S. Parkes of London's National Institute for Medical Research, "the possibility of an animal begetting progeny long after its death . . . We have also to realize that a similar possibility will exist for man ... It is one that will disturb deeply many who regard themselves as more than mere germ plasm containers. Time has lost its significance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Measured Milers | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

...Bolshevik Revolution) for an instance of "imperialist aggression" against Russia. To justify the Communist regime, Pravda also reaches back, almost sentimentally, to "Czarist exploiters and landowners" (all of whom are long dead or out of Russia). Pravda repeats the old line that: 1) MVD labor camps and censorships exist only for "enemies of the people . . . terrorists and assassins"; 2) Russians have freely chosen the Communist party to rule their land, etc. Concludes Pravda, in an odd brand of non-Marxist piety: "Such has been the will of the people-and the voice of the people is the voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: The Milkman v. the MVD | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

...present nets are at most 15 ft. wide, but Dr. Hubbs plans to build one 50 ft. wide, and catch even bigger and faster deep-sea inhabitants. Such creatures are known to exist; sperm whales, for instance, live mainly on giant squid taken at great depths. There is a chance that the new net may catch such a squid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Out of the Depths | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

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