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Philosopher Paul Tillich [TIME, March 16] has done the greatest service to the meaning of Christianity since Albert Schweitzer's commentaries on the same subject...
...Dwight Eisenhower, symbolizing the dangerous early days when he flew to Europe as NATO's first Supreme Commander, who brought the alliance's purpose into clearest focus with the greatest simplicity. "Look at the hand," he said, raising his hand, fanning his fingers in a gesture that many of his old NATO officers well remembered. "Each finger is not of itself a very good instrument for either defense or offense, but close it in a fist and it can become a very formidable weapon of defense . . . The need, as we reach for a lasting peace with justice...
Although Stanley's steamer had not mentioned her at all, Helen Hayes, Broadway's "First Lady," who played Kim's mother onstage, tried to lift her own skirts well clear. "We have worked together with the greatest understanding and sympathy," said Actress Hayes. "I am an innocent bystander...
...movie hero would get her." Lenore thought she wanted a career, but George's persistence was overpowering. Just as M-G-M offered her a three-year contract, he persuaded her to marry him instead, took her back to Washington as his wife. Says Romney: "It was my greatest selling achievement...
...Port Hueneme, the world finally learned where she went and what she did. Warily, the Defense Department confirmed the New York Times's story (see PRESS) that the missile ship had fired three nuclear-armed rockets 300 miles into space in what one enthusiast called "the greatest scientific experiment ever conducted." If it was not quite that, it was certainly one of history's most spectacular scientific experiments. Its name: Project Argus. The glowing accounts of the scientific results (see SCIENCE) missed the point that Project Argus was also the most spectacular nuclear-missile-launching project...