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...credit given him by other scientists, including J. Robert Oppenheimer. Says Teller: "I want to claim credit in one respect only. I believed and continued to believe in the possibility and the necessity of developing the thermonuclear bomb." Wholly aside from his theoretical contributions, this is Teller's lien upon the gratitude of his countrymen, that he was not diverted from the path of scientific advance by confusion over nonscientific considerations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Work of Many Men | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

Hacked from Rock. The 10,000 regulars of Lieut. General Liu Lien-yi's 46th Division took it harder. Glumly, soldiers loaded guns, mortars, electric cables, fresh boxes of ammunition still labeled: "From U.S.A. for Mutual Defense." Behind them, explosions thundered as demolition teams blew up pillboxes and gun emplacements laboriously hacked out of the rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FORMOSA: Powerful Retreat | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

Probably the best reason which could explain the Crimson late-period faltering is the three-lien depth of the B.C. squad, since coach Cooney Weiland, with few exceptions, only alternated his first two forward lines during the game...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Crimson Sextet Overtaken in Last Period, Dropping Hard-Fought Contest to BC, 4-3 | 12/11/1954 | See Source »

...generally good. Wendy Mackenzie Robertson shows a proper restrained confusion as Harriect's visible friend and Colgate Salsbury is more than competent as the institution's doctor. Only D. J. Sullivan seems at all at a loss for some sort of characterization, assuming stock tones and poses in lien of acting...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Two One Act Plays | 12/10/1954 | See Source »

Behind a very strong lien Jordan will start a backfield which has stumbled at times, but which last Saturday started playing well-coordinated football. Wingbacks Bob Cowles and Babe Simourian ran well in a backfield with sophomore fullback Tony Gianelly, Joslin, and blocking back Jerry Marsh. Against Ohio last week, the lowest rushing average was Simourian...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Improving Varsity Meets Favored Tigers Today | 11/6/1954 | See Source »

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