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Art Sleuth Caturla's most exciting find: magnificent series of ten scenes of The Labors of Hercules, done against mythical backgrounds. For years the ten had gathered dust in the vaults of Madrid's famed Prado Museum. Experts thought that they might be Zurbaran's work, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: King of Painters | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

* Antaeus, giant son of Poseidon the sea god, was invincible so long as he kept in contact with his mother, the Earth. Hercules killed Antaeus by lifting him off the ground and strangling him in mid-air.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Back to the Source | 6/22/1953 | See Source »

The Old & the New. The roster A Delaware Valley companies represents a cross section of both the nation's industry and its best-known names. In addition to such old valley residents as chemical makers Du Pont, Hercules and Atlas, the long list of newcomers includes Chrysler (with its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Valley of Opportunity | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

¶ Into the presidency of Hercules Powder Co. went Albert E. Forster, 52, succeeding Charles A. Higgins, 65, who remains board chairman. A Stanford University engineering graduate, Forster joined Hercules in 1925, left it for four Depression years to try his hand at a Brazilian engineering job. Back at Hercules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Exit Ganger | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

¶ That Stalin was then either murdered by Beria's cops or-old and ailing-had his death hastened by emotional SHOCK which brought on his fatal stroke. ¶ That Beria-who saved his own life by plotting against his master's-is thus the key man in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLD WAR: Old Reliable | 4/20/1953 | See Source »

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