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At 80,000 ft. Walker's voice came calmly, almost in a bemused tone, over the radio: "Good heavens, we're shaking to pieces here." The plane was racked by vibrations, the most violent he had ever felt. "I and the airplane window were going in opposite directions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Both Sides of the Ball? | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

Such questions, of course, pale beside blurbissimo writing. This is Michelangelo painting the figures of the Sistine Chapel ceiling: "Each one had to be pushed out of his artistic womb, pushed out by his own inarticulate frenzied force. He must gather within himself his galvanic might; his burgeoning seed must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sculptorama | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

Thank the heavens for such a man as Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike with the courage to speak his convictions on the subject of religion.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 17, 1961 | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

Edge deals with the basic stuff of drama -death, love, betrayal, loyalty and honor. But the Shakespearean richness of plot and prodigality with blood and tears is unmatched by a corresponding richness of language. The actors measure out their lives in coffee breaks. Cigarettes, coffee and apple pie (how eaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Edgeville, U.S.A. | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

If, a year or so from now, skywriting airplanes fill the heavens over the U.S. with "Buy Nutsies" in mile-high letters of long-lasting, bright-colored smoke, the credit (such as it is) will go to Betty Lou Raskin. 36, a research associate at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Holey Smoke | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

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