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The science of roommate-choosing has its roots in darkest antiquity. Neanderthal man used the purely pragmatic approach, testing his prespective cavemate's worth by applying repeated delicate blows of the club to the latter's cranium. Although clubs today profess to more advanced methods of social scrutiny, the general...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strange Bedfellows | 2/15/1957 | See Source »

All told, the Roommate is a disturbing but bearable sort, besides which he is Necessary. He may steal your butts, scratch your records, drink your liquor, date your girl, and rattle your tender nerves; but he is Necessary. When choosing yours, be sure to experiment carefully beforehand. After all is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strange Bedfellows | 2/15/1957 | See Source »

If Kennedy's assignment could be charged off as a 1960 political gambit, it could also be explained by a ruling handed down four years ago when Lyndon Johnson assumed floor leadership. Johnson's dictum: every Democrat should sit on at least one committee of his choice; even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Restless Estes | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

Dr. Loren C. Eiseley of the University of Pennsylvania added that Neanderthal man did not have fangs or other wild-animal features. These unappealing characteristics were given to him by heavy-handed reconstructors. He could not have been as brutish as his detractors say. His face and skull certainly had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Of Molecules & Men | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

Overshadowed Humans. Neanderthal man was certainly free of one modern worry: his humble weapons and tools did not threaten to dominate his life. Modern man sees the machines that he has created move into higher and higher positions of influence. They already do most of the work of the industrial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Of Molecules & Men | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

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