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The U.S. Army has succeeded in shrinking the circumference of the earth by about half a mile. To make the new estimate, according to a paper submitted to the American Geophysical Union by Bernard Chovitz and Irene Fischer of the Army Map Service, the Army's scientists used the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Taping the Earth | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

In only one department does Shangri-La achieve any sort of success: the fine sets designed by Peter Larkin and the costumes of Irene Sharaff make it one of the most handsome musicals ever. Yet it is still a failure, mostly because its authors were content to use the stage...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Shangri-La | 5/9/1956 | See Source »

Died. Irene Langhorne Gibson, 83, the "Original Gibson Girl," widow of Artist Charles Dana Gibson, second of the "five beautiful Langhorne sisters of Virginia" (including Britain's Lady Astor); in Greenwood. Va. As pictured by her husband, with her sweetly haughty expression, hourglass figure and stylish pompadour, she became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 30, 1956 | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

Tribute to a Bad Man (M-G-M). "A wrangler is a nobody on a horse . . . with bad teeth, broken bones, a double hernia and lice." The self-description sits James Cagney, the bad man of the title, like Cagney sits a horse. The actor is now 52, but what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 30, 1956 | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

Adams House, some claim, also has the best food around. This claim is exaggerated, but true. If you like food, you'd better try Adams. But don't be disappointed if you find yourself living with a lot of fat slobs. There is no unity to Adams outside the dining...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: Choosing a House: Some Bitter Truths | 3/29/1956 | See Source »

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