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Although viewers learned that civil defense is virtually nonexistent in Russia, the U.S. lag came into dramatic focus when a woman in Morris Plains, N.J. was asked what she would do in a nuclear attack. Said she: "Put all the food out on the porch"-"The last place," noted Smith, "to put food when there's danger of radiation." And Chief Reporter Alex Kendrick indicted in pictures the nation's educational deficiencies when he visited Alhambra (Calif.) High School and found students taking a snap course called "coed-cooking." Asked Kendrick of one coed-cook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Call to Sacrifice | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

...apparent that the American electorate made a mistake in electing Eisenhower instead of Stevenson in 1956. Stevenson should be elected President in 1960, but to be elected, he must first be nominated. The politicians who nominate often lag behind the people who elect. I hope that the Democratic politicians do not compound the past failure of the electorate by refusing to give the American people the democratic opportunity of correcting an error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 13, 1958 | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...help states, cities and school districts cope with the lag in high school science education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Problems Ahead | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

Second to Fernandel himself, what makes the film come over so well is the excellent script by Gerald Cartlier. Never does it lag and never does he overwork a gag. Director Jean Boyer also deserves credit for this excellent bubbling flow that is the strength of the picture...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: Fernandel the Dressmaker | 12/4/1957 | See Source »

...noted, the public has been thrown into its annual dither by the 1958 automotive barges. This reaction seems particularly inappropriate in view of our current technical and political lag behind the chromeless Russians. It is high time to reappraise ourselves in the light of the world around us, with a little less emphasis on bubble windshields and fins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 25, 1957 | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

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