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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While the world smolders in a dozen places -including our own economy-our President is either playing golf or bridge. When is he going to learn to fiddle? Is he waiting for the world to be on fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 17, 1958 | 3/17/1958 | See Source »

...Russian schools also emphasize languages, and Mrs. Roosevelt said that the United States must do the same. She said we should learn Russian because, "if we know what the Soviet problem really is, we can win. We have to have imagination, vision and courage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mrs. Roosevelt Claims Discipline Marks Education of Soviet Youth | 3/8/1958 | See Source »

Juniors in Army ROTC will have a chance to learn the ropes of barracks life early this year at a bivouac, planned for March 24. The overnight ordeal, intended to prepare the men better for summer encampment, was recommended by a committee of this year's seniors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Orientation Camp Will Supplement ROTC Program | 3/8/1958 | See Source »

...because they are for residents, and he claimed to be a resident of New York. But last week Lamphere agreed in court to undergo psychiatric examination, was shipped off to the state hospital at Westville, Ind. Psychiatrists hope to keep Lamphere in the maximum-security institution long enough to learn what can be done for a medical Munchausen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Medical Munchausen | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

...Konradses (and just about every other competitor) can testify to the contrary. The pleasures of sun and sand on Australia's splendid beaches are among the first things that aspiring swimmers learn to forgo. The surf is too tiring; besides, there is no time for such fun. Nor is there time for movies, dances and other teen-age pastimes. All winter, the Konradses spend their spare moments at a wearing routine of bodybuilding exercises. All summer, they swim and swim and swim some more-always in pools, always under the critical eye of young (24) Coach Don Talbot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Turn for Glory | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

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