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Despite these drastic efforts (plus the fact that he allocates all newsprint and advertising), Menderes has not broken the press to his harness. He can still pick up a Turkish paper or magazine almost any day and spot something that sets him to boiling

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Ankara Hilton | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

The pacifist, Bible-quoting Amish sect is a survival from the 1690s, when it was founded by a Swiss named Jacob Ammann. In some of the 50 Amish settlements scattered around the U.S. and Canada, the old ways have yielded a little to the march of centuries, but the Amishmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OHIO: Unto Caesar | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

¶ Ultrafast-opening parachute for low-altitude (100 ft.) jumps, is activated by two explosive charges, opens in 8/10 sec., stabilizes in 13 ft.; quick-release parachute harness enables chutist to flip free in high ground winds and rough terrain.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Foxhole Progress | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

From a vast, air-conditioned restaurant with sweeping glass windows, thin, tanned women and fat, pale men peered over thick steaks and cool drinks at the dirt track below. Roosevelt Raceway, the orange-and-magenta pleasure dome at Westbury, N.Y. was having its biggest harness-racing season in history. A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Harness King | 7/14/1958 | See Source »

Set Down. Early elimination trials narrowed the field to ten of the nation's best three-year-olds, driven by the nation's top drivers. But the best all-round harness man of them all was not driving. Balding, twinkly Del Miller was sweating out a 15-day...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Harness King | 7/14/1958 | See Source »

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