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...hazard of the nuclear age came to light last week. Five mechanics of Pan American World Airways had been in Gander, Nfld., to check the Boeing 707 jetliner that went into an unscheduled dive-and almost plunged its passengers into the Atlantic (TIME, Feb. 16). They did their job and returned to New York. When the mechanics passed through a gate at Idlewild International Airport, one of the unseen Geiger counters that monitor international travelers chattered an alarm; some of the work clothes they were wearing were radioactive. At the Pan American dispensary, they were decontaminated and pronounced...
...having one of the richest diets and the most varied menus on earth, Americans daily consume a haphazard assortment of an estimated 400 chemicals added to foods as preservatives, coloring agents, antioxidants, mold inhibitors, bleaches, thickeners, thinners, emulsifiers and moisteners. This week, to take both the hap and the hazard out of the addilives, a new law (signed by President Eisenhower six months ago; becomes effective. Its burden: before processors may add any chemical to food, its safety must be proved to the satisfaction of the Food & Drug Administration...
...rates for office help. He can hire his clerks, secretaries and office managers from the pool of old pros who live and work around Washington (and run the chance that his secrets may soon be on the grapevine), or he can reward his friends and relatives with jobs. One hazard: if he puts someone with his own family name on the federal payroll, his open nepotism may well backfire when the payroll records are made public. Last week came time for the public report on payrolls, and, sure enough, the backfiring was heard round the country...
Professors. "An occupational hazard is arrogance. This grows out of the easy victories of the classroom, where he works with young people who know less than he does. He may thus unconsciously come to believe that business, politics, and educational administration would be much better managed if those in charge would only apply the same intelligence to their work that he uses...
...demand exceeds the space in the new Quad, more buildings will be built or existing space converted to meet the needs. It is conceivable that in the future--say in ten years--a majority of Princeton will be living in such Quad arrangements, though no-one is willing to hazard such a prediction...