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Loosely organized, Islam is the religion of a people separated by deserts and living in hard climates. Without a head prelate, a religious hierarchy or even an ordained priesthood, it has its center of activity at El Azhar University in Cairo (enrollment: 15,000). El Azhar, the largest Moslem university in the world, .draws students who walk there from as far as Addis Ababa; its graduates have vast prestige among Moslems in their own countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Islam's Way | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

Currently, United has a fat backlog of $315,000,000, second largest in the industry. For an aircraft company, it is fairly well diversified. Its P. & W. motors are being used in the DC-6, Boeing's new Stratocruiser and in nine other new planes now going into production. But the smooth ride has not lulled Rentschler and friends into thinking there may not be rough air ahead, stirred up by jet engines. Two months ago, United acquired the right to build and sell Rolls-Royce's turbojet engine, the Nene. In addition, P. & W. is developing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Prize for Conservatism | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

College registration for the summer term totals 1,287, according to figures released by Sargent Kennedy '28, Registrar, yesterday. Largest class category with 460 men was out-of-course degree candidates, most of whom are time pressed veterans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Registration Totals 1287 in Final Tally | 6/24/1947 | See Source »

...strong a faith can the West offer? "It is generations now since Christianity tried to impose its universality," wrote Protestant Clifford. "But one of its churches, the Roman Catholic, still has a worldwide organization. . . . Has the largest Christian Church enough spiritual strength to withstand Communism? Has it any plans for doing so?" To find out, Correspondent Clifford hustled off to Rome. His cables back to London were not overly optimistic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: What Positive Faith? | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

...many-armed U.S. Government last week was engaged in a tug-of-war with itself over Preston Tucker, designer of a rear-engined automobile named the Tucker 48 (once the Torpedo). The War Assets Administration had leased Tucker the $70 million surplus Chicago Dodge plant, world's largest. He had promised to have $15 million in cash on hand by July 1 to build cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Torpedo Torpedoed? | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

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