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...almost two centuries that plants, in one of nature's most mysterious processes, use sunlight to make sugar, fats and other high-energy chemicals out of water and carbon diox ide. They have known for more than one century that this vital food-making process-photosynthesis, the prime mover of life on eartn-is accompusned by chlorophyll, a strange, green substance whose molecule has a single atom of magnesium framed like a jewel in its center. Generations of chemists have tried to synthesize chlorophyll-and failed. But last week Harvard University announced that Professor Robert Burns Woodward, 43, already...
...battle to persuade U.S. hospitals to try her physical-therapy methods for treating infantile paralysis back in the early 19403, the late Australian-born Sister Elizabeth Kenny suddenly found an enthusiastic backer in Minneapolis' Mayor Marvin L. Kline. He was the prime mover in getting the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation, Inc. set up in Minneapolis in 1943. In 1946, after upstart Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey ousted him from office, Republican Kline became the foundation's executive director...
...career was not enough, and during the Depression, Adam Powell emerged as a Negro nationalist and a skilled leader. He helped establish a church relief program in Harlem, dished out a thousand free meals a day in the church basement, quickly became a civic mover and shaker. He early recognized and utilized the latent strength of Harlem, was able to force such commercial giants as Liggett Drug stores and Consolidated Edison to employ Negroes. When the New York Telephone Co. balked at his demands, Powell threatened to disrupt the system by instructing his followers to dial the operator for every...
Today, the roof is making a dramatic comeback. One prime mover in the trend is Florida and Manhattan Architect Vic tor Lundy, 37. Working in laminated wood and reinforced concrete, Lundy has designed churches, schools, homes, motels and shops that seem to make a whole building out of the roof. The results are structures that have an evocative beauty, come at bargain prices, and pack a strong emotional wallop (see color pages...
Raskin, 50, a shrewd Midwestern political strategist who was a prime mover in Adlai Stevenson's unsuccessful campaigns. From time to time old Joe Kennedy looked in to watch his son with unmitigated pride...