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Low Residue. In his silvered pressure suit, Astronaut Shepard seemed a creature from another planet as he stepped out of a white van into the baleful Florida dawn last week. He glittered under the searchlights that surrounded the rocket pad as he made his long-legged walk to the gantry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Freedom's Flight | 5/12/1961 | See Source »

The restaurant's liquor list reads like a South Sea adventure. After an encounter with a White Witch (pure white Jamaica rum) or a Rangoon Ruby (vodka and cranberry juice), the drinker may well feel such a Suffering Bastard (rums, lime and liqueurs) that he will want to see...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Polynesia at Dinnertime | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

This is animal week at the Brattle. The hero of The Colt is, of course, as awkward a spindly-legged beast as ever pranced across the screen at a Saturday matinee. This should have tipped me off as to the identity of Mumu, but my suspicions began to subside as...

Author: By Randall A. Collins, | Title: Mumu and the Colt | 3/27/1961 | See Source »

These two elements blend together perfectly, for the "row" provides a framework for Copland's long-legged marches up and down the keyboard and the tonality draws the work back to a more placid, stable base. Because he has accomplished this integration within a distinctly personal style, it is a...

Author: By William A. Weber, | Title: Copland: Innovation vs. Mediation | 3/10/1961 | See Source »

Drouin's destination is Mariakerke, a large, gloomy insane asylum where his old friend Du Roy is an intern. Both men are plagued by the European past, the American present and the possibly harrowing future. Drouin, his right hand maimed by battle wounds, has "got war" the way other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Who Is Sane? | 2/10/1961 | See Source »

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