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New Tricks. Mars came fairly close in 1954. but it could be observed effectively only from the earth's Southern Hemisphere, where observatories are few. So 1954 was a kind of dress rehearsal for this year's event. Astronomers have devised new tricks and instruments. Much of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Visit with Mars | 9/17/1956 | See Source »

A slight tale, the play retains a good deal of Eudora Welty's delicate tailoring. It can be as chatty and dawdling as a rural postman. But as against the flails and wind machines that keep most Broadway comedies in motion, The Ponder Heart catches a fresh and genuine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Feb. 27, 1956 | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

For the record 24,000 buyers who packed Chicago for the two-week winter furniture market, the industry displayed thousands of items, from French provincial tables to $43.50 teakwood rocking stools and $350 sofas slung airily on rubber webbing instead of conventional frames. With a bold paintbrush and imaginative use...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: New Furniture for Old | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

The Big Knife, from first frame to last, arches with tension like a drawn bow. The Odets script, adapted for the screen by James Poe, has been beautifully grained and shaped by two fine craftsmen, and it takes every ounce of strain that Producer-Director Robert Aldrich leans against it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 24, 1955 | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

Out of the Sandpile. Sculptor Nivola's method is simple enough to inspire a whole school of do-it-yourself followers. Trained during his boyhood as a mason and stucco decorator before he won a scholarship at Milan's Art Institute, Nivola was struck one day by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sand Sculptor | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

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