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¶ To strengthen its civilian staff, the Army announced it was setting up fellowships that will enable up to 40 Army career employees to take off six months to a year at full pay to engage in research studies likely to bear on Army problems. ¶ The Florida state department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

At week's end the Oklahoma Kid had 117 out of 154 games behind him; 42 homers were already in the book (10 righthanded, 32 lefthanded). He was eight games ahead of the Babe's 1927 pace. But ahead of him was the Babe's whirlwind finish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mick & the Babe | 8/27/1956 | See Source »

Man-Made Southpaw. Long before he knew what the word meant, Bill Russell was trained to be an athlete. But basketball was not part of the plan; in Monroe, La., where Bill was born, a Negro boy's prospects for first-class high-school training in basketball were close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Along Came Bill | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

I note that Fund President Hutchins has confused liberty with license, is the "ponderous pixie" who uses endowment for current whims. Why not endow the study of the love life of lefthanded caterpillars? That would do no harm and would give employment to plenty of pixies.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1955 | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

All week long, West Point's Coach Earl ("Red") Blaik had been singing the blues. To hear him tell it, Penn State's Nittany Lions would gobble his hamstrung team in a single gulp. His backfield, if he could field one at all. would be an impromptu joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Red Blaik's Blues | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

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