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...Jews last week as they dedicated a new synagogue that ranks with the most impressive in the U.S. Brown brick and somber on the outside, surrounded by twelve acres of brown gravel parking space, on the inside Temple Emanu-el sparkles with stained glass, gold, green and blue mosaic work, and a curtain of shimmering metallic cloth in front of the Ark. The temple, at the intersection of Northwest Highway and Hillcrest Avenue, cost its Reform congregation $2,000,000, stands on one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the city's bustling northwest...
...Europe." But the destiny of Venice remains constant, to be "the observed of all observers." The latest to succumb to the spell of the floating city is Critic and Novelist Mary McCarthy (TIME, Nov. 14, 1955), who has fashioned the spectacle of Venice into a handsome and intelligent mosaic of art, history and personal impressions. Complete with 46 elegant color reproductions and more than 100 photographs, Venice Observed is a model travel book in that it heightens the reader's perceptions and gives him a sense of place without sentimentally usurping the place of sense...
...Springfield and Chicago, as the state budgetary commission began a thorough investigation of the state auditor's office, two grand juries, G-men, Internal Revenue men and representatives of half a dozen other county, state and federal agencies were interrogating witnesses, sifting evidence, and painstakingly piecing together a mosaic of one of the biggest financial scandals in Illinois history...
...unavailable for discussion of the decision. But old rival and fellow Communist, David Siqueiros, was glad to oblige: "When Diego started painting this mural, I told him that polystyrene, like any other paint, was not going to resist water for even two years. I advised Rivera to use mosaic, but Diego paid no attention to me." The real blame, of course, could be traced to the capitalist paintmakers who have refused to develop a truly waterproof paint. Said Siqueiros: "The truth is that the capitalist world has not done anything to solve this important problem...
...held it just above freezing point for 24 hours. At the end of this period, the protein molecules had rearranged themselves on the nucleic acid cores. When tested on tobacco plants, the virus proved infectious. It grew and multiplied in the green leaves, producing the characteristic spots of tobacco mosaic disease...