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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Professor Armin Deutsch is investigating another kind of variable star, which regularly changes color. Only 20 of them are known, and to astronomers the varying spectrum suggests that millions of tons of calcium are changing into other chemicals. So far Deutsch has not found much--only that these stars are surrounded by strong magnetic fields; 5000 times greater than the earth...

Author: By John J. Sack, | Title: Scientists Take Temperatures of Sun's Corona, Yellowstone's Geysers | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

Last week Federal Judge Edward A. Conger, who had heard the case, decided that the jury had been too generous. He set aside the verdict, held that Jimmy Moffett had not proved that it was his words that had saved Aramco. Besides, he said, such services were "the kind that the law says may not be compensated for because they are against 'public policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Not So Fast | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...metal called "Duridium" (a hard-alloy steel). With it, Dammann was out to crowd Gillette's famed Blue Blade out of the No. 1 spot in the blade market. Dammann planned to spend $2,000,000 on the promotion campaign because his company needed that kind of boost. In this year's first quarter its profits had dropped from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW PRODUCTS: Smooth Shave | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...picture has a few minor virtues, most of them negative. It is less noisy and violent than most semi-documentaries of its kind and its heroics are less improbable. A cagey use of understatement throughout gives the film an air of reality that is not backed up by its plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing May 9, 1949 | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Habit. In Amagansett, N.Y., Alan Vass. charged with burglary when police found 79 pairs of women's shoes (all sizes 5 to 6) in his attic and garage, was ready with his explanation: "My wife once said she liked that kind. I got started taking them and couldn't stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 9, 1949 | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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