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...than world population. Furthermore of the 30% of the earth's surface potentially suitable for cultivation, they claimed, only some 10% is actually in use. Chief difficulty is that the most increased production is in the better developed countries where population is relatively stable. According to Sir Alexander Fleck, higher yields in the underdeveloped countries should come from more fertilizer and water rather than more tractors. Laborsaving equipment "may help to ease the peasant's burden," said Sir Alexander, "but we must beware of suddenly knocking it off his back or he will stumble and fall into unemployment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: More to Come | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

...Hitting with full power, Palmer reached the green on the 563-yd. eleventh hole in two shots, holed out in two putts for another birdie to go four under par for the tournament. With Souchak fading fast, the Open turned into a frantic, four-way fight between Palmer, Jack Fleck, 38, the 1958 winner, Jack Nicklaus. 20, the husky U.S. Amateur champion, and a fagged-out Ben Hogan, 47, gallantly trying for his fifth victory in the event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Comeback at Cherry Hills | 6/27/1960 | See Source »

Second-year students are Nathan J. Cohen, George E. Cooper, Anthony A. D'Amato, Jr., Timothy D. Dyk, Peter Edelman, David Falk, Tom J. Farer, David H. Fleck, Daniel I. Halperin, Elise B. Heinz, Roland S. Homet, Jr., Jack S. Levin, Jere D. McGaffey, Bernard W. Nussbaum, and Robert M. O'Neil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Review | 10/7/1959 | See Source »

...spectacular career. The unknown son of a small Hamburg book publisher, Springer brooded out the war in the parks of Hamburg (a respiratory ailment kept him out of military service), decided that the traditionally dark, hearty brew of German journalism needed a bit of tang and a fleck of foam. He founded his empire in 1946 on the radio weekly Hör zu! (Listen), is now sole owner of three magazines (and one-third owner of two more), ranging from the gossipy Das Nvue Blatt to the Scientific Kristall, three Hamburg dailies, including the busty, bustling Bild-Zeitung (circ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Bet on Berlin | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

...CLEON FLECK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 6, 1958 | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

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