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...change every year simply because it turns his new car into a has been too fast. As a result, style changes are usually moderate. Cars will probably get no bigger, but they will get slightly lower and have more glass all around. By using smaller wheels and dropping the hood line, designers expect to turn out cars that look lower than present models, but actually will have the same headroom. To enable a motorist to get into a low car without bumping his head on the top, at least one automaker next year will curve the door panels into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE RADAR BRAKE | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

...carried-upstairs." The animal take-over has been so complete that the new programs employing mostly humans have been tooled to appeal more to adults than children. NBC's Frontier, ABC's Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and CBS's Adventures of Robin Hood all stiffly announce that, while children are welcome, what they are really seeking is a grown-up audience. As for Hopalong Cassidy, the vanquished king of an earlier TV era, his noble-minded triumphs can now be glimpsed only on local shows. Says one adolescent firmly: "We've seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

...number; Verdi's, from the opera Otello; Mascagni's, based on the Cavalria Rusticana intermezzo; and Bach-Gounod's (the Bach original was a clavier prelude, later adapted by Gounod as a love song). Also banned: Oh, Promise Me, from De Koven's operetta Robin Hood; Because ("secular"); I Love You Truly ("profane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Profane | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

...General Practice condemned the accident hazards built into the modern automobile. When a car hits a pedestrian, said the doctors, it is frequently the unnecessary adornments near the front of the car that maim and kill: "masticating grills, avulsive door handles, knife-edge eyebrows over headlights and spearlike hood ornaments." The doctors also called for the abolition of bumpers (including the bosom-like projections known as "Dagmars") and for recessed and padded dashboards, collapsible steering columns, safety belts, safety doors and a legal limit on horsepower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Oct. 24, 1955 | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

Married. Lieut. General Sir Alexander Hood, 67, Governor of Bermuda from 1949 to April 1955; and Helen Winifred Wilkinson, 50; both for the second time; in Reno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 17, 1955 | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

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