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Revolution to Come. "Is Churchill imperialistic?" a reporter asked. Said Nye: "Churchill has nothing at all left but the desire to hang on." What about Russia? "They have failed to produce a happy society," said Nye. "What did they achieve? They have become as much gadget monkeys as the Americans." And what did he think of Egypt's revolution? "There's no revolution," said he firmly. "What happened was a coup d'état with a revolutionary façade. The revolution has still to come...
...Influence." Alcohol came in for special attention. Milwaukee's Dr. Herman A. Heise showed the latest gadgets developed for the A.M.A. and the National Safety Council to provide legal proof of drunken driving. Chief problem, even with the popular "Drunkometer," is that there is no clear line between sobriety and "under the influence." With less than one-twentieth of 1% alcohol in the blood, nearly everybody can drive safely; with more than three-twentieths, virtually nobody can. But within that range, different individuals have their faculties impaired to very different degrees. The solution: results of these gadget tests must...
...system that is partly owned by Paramount. Like its rivals, Ski-atron and Phonevision (TIME. Jan. 8, 1951), Telemeter is designed to eliminate the commercial message from TV and to move the box office right into the viewer's living room. For a fee inserted into the Telemeter gadget attached to each TV set (Palm Springs Telemetered viewers paid $1.35 to see Forever Female; $1 to watch the telecast of the Notre Dame-U.S.C. football game), set owners can watch new movies, sports events and show-business spectacles in the privacy of their homes...
Working in a complex field, and living in a gadget-ridden society, Schwinger stands out in bold relief. His office, almost bare of books and papers, with only a few mementos, reminds one that no physical paraphernalia stands between him and his work. He is, perhpas, driven by the excitement of discovery. For although living in a defined, pedantic way, he pursues, in physics, and ephemeral certainty remote from the certitudes of everyday experience. "We're in a provisional state of things now," he says, glancing at a blackboard covered with symbols. "We don't know where we stand...
...proposals, which shows the eminent good sense of Yale. But to stop something like this entirely, what with the president and a hand-picked committee behind it, would require a concerted opposition uncommon in academic circles. Eventually some form of it will probably go through. Fortunately, however, no gadget can stand in the way of a man determined to teach...