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...Thriving Independents" [July 8], TIME notes that "to many a telephone user, it comes as a surprise to learn that even small independent companies have modern equipment and first-rate service." To enlarge upon this: the independents are responsible for most of the innovations and advancements in telephone exchange facilities. The dial telephone was developed and in general use among independent companies long before it was adopted by Bell. Another feature in general use by independents for half a century (but not yet used by Bell) is full selective ringing on rural multiparty lines. Independents introduced the handset or cradle...
Kalem is TIME's theater critic, but since Broadway is currently in its summer doldrums, he is lending his talent to other sections (he was responsible for the recent Essay on the state of the modern theater). His career has been varied and productive. He was born in Maiden, Mass., of Greek parents from Asia Minor, and his first language was Greek. He majored in sociology at Harvard ('42, cum laude) and planned to go to Harvard Law School, but World War II interfered. After 3½ years as an infantryman, mostly in the Pacific (five campaigns, Bronze...
...altered some of the weather's effects to his advantage. He has air-conditioned many of his edifices, and such projects as Houston's Astrodome suggest that he will go much farther. His new vehicles, amid the general advance in knowledge of meteorology, are the creations of modern technology, particularly electronic-eyed weather satellites like Tiros and Nimbus and high-speed computers that can digest and interpret weather data...
Once man knows more precisely just what the weather is going to do and where, he can not only prepare for it but bring to bear his modern tools to dissipate its force, change its course or moderate its impact. Silver-iodide seeding has revived its once-faltering reputation, and many future plans revolve around seeding everything from tornadoes to typhoons. The Soviets are testing sound as a possible way to disperse fog, have even suggested damming the Bering Strait to make the Arctic warmer. Several countries have suggested melting part of the icecap by coating it with heat-absorbing...
...quadrennial matches are being held this time in Britain, where modern football originated 103 years ago. It has been quite a homecoming. Some 2,500,000 people, including 35,000 foreigners, will have witnessed one or more of the 32 games before the final match in London late this week. Fans who could not come to Britain have kept abreast with play-by-play accounts from 700 radio and TV broadcasters and 1,600 reporters. Thanks to a worldwide satellite hookup, the final game will probably be witnessed on television by no fewer than 400 million...