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...rating, but last year, Dulles wrote, the percentage fell below 30, and B pictures increased. State censorship boards have been greatly weakened by recent Supreme Court decisions the films may not be banned on general charges of immorality or sacrilegiousness. "The Legion of Decency must therefore bear a heavier load in the struggle to maintain propriety . . . It is not enough for Catholics to be on guard against personal mortal sin. They must be alert to the social aspects of motion picture morality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Movie Morality | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

...George Stewart made the case for change. After all, he pointed out, the Capitol has been modified many times since the cornerstone was laid, each architect changing to some extent the work of his predecessor. With an increased number of Representatives since the last expansion of the Capitol and heavier legislative workloads, the Capitol will have to go right on growing. "In fact," said Architect Stewart, "I can see the day-30 or 40 years off-when we'll have to build a new Capitol, a truly functional building. This one will become just a museum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Capitol Face Lifting | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

HEAVYWEIGHT TRAINS, almost three times heavier than new lightweight trains now in vogue, will be put on the road by the Santa Fe. Despite lightweight hoopla, Santa Fe will spend $13 million to equip its El Capitan streamliner with 47 "hi-level" cars two feet higher than conventional coaches, will seat passengers on a deck eight feet above wheels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, may 14, 1956 | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

Various Breeds. Looking for heavier, meatier animals, the rancher turned to the foreign breeds that were trickling into the country as early as 1783: first the Shorthorn (Durham), then the Hereford and the Aberdeen Angus from Britain, and from India the hardy Brahman. But no breed possessed all virtues. The Shorthorn-for a time the most popular-is massive and placid but critics say it suffers from heat and a tendency to sterility. The white-faced Hereford-its successor and still the leading U.S. breed-is hailed by many ranchers as a hardy forager and the best beef animal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE GOLDEN CALF | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

Newsprint rationing gripped the British press during World War II and has clung ever since. Last week London's Times (circ. 221,972) broke the shackles by a simple expedient: it stopped using newsprint. Instead, the staid old daily began publishing on "mechanical" paper-the heavier, thicker (though still unglossy) paper used by such British magazines as the Economist and the Listener. The Times patiently planned the changeover in 1950, when it began to invest in its own paper company and set an ink manufacturer to developing a suitable ink for rotary presses. The new paper costs a third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Look, No Newsprint | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

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