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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The mummy does not prove that there is a civilization buried in the Sahara but it does mean that, in the next few years, the desert will be swarming with anthropologists looking for one.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Older than Egypt? | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Although his championship was safe, Brabham decided to try to win the title in style. Burning .rubber, he was in first place and in the last mile of the 218.4-mile race when his Cooper-Climax faltered and stopped, just 500 yds. from the finish line; a leak had emptied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Struggle in the Stretch | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Bewitching Hour. That weekend did it. On Sunday afternoon Coach Dietzel flew to Natchez, cooled his heels for eight hours waiting for Perry Lee to return from Mississippi. But Schoolboy Perry Lee, closely convoyed by Coach Vaught, was heading for Room 1137 of the King Edward Hotel in Jackson, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Capturing the Big Gun | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

"I've wanted to go to Mississippi all along," said Quarterback Perry Lee Dunn. "But I wanted to be sure. I'm glad it's over-I thought the pressure the last two weeks would drive me crazy. I haven't studied a lick the whole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Capturing the Big Gun | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Most ambitious plunge of all is Encyclopedia of World Art, announced by McGraw-Hill. Undertaken jointly with Rome's Institute for Cultural Collaboration, it is probably the greatest venture ever in art publications. The first huge volume (Aalto to Asia Minor), issued simultaneously in English and Italian will be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Swelling Avalanche | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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