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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pure science [Britain] has never lost her leadership. Much of the pioneer work in atomic physics ... was done in this country between the wars. Radar, penicillin and jet engines are other familiar examples of discoveries which had their origin here ... Yet there is a great deal more we could do ... Britain is strong in research and strong in craftsmanship; she is weak in the stage between-the pilot plant stage which covers the trying out of new inventions, and the general application of scientific knowledge and method to industrial processes by men who are qualified both as scientists...
...Origin. Three days before Japan's surrender, Russian troops entered Korea. A hurried decision by the U.S. War Department set the 38th parallel as a line between Russian and U.S. forces taking over from the Japanese...
...establishment by the Medical School of a scholarship fund which will be used "preferably" for students of "Angle-Saxon origin" raises important questions of principle and practicality. Though there have been restricted grants and limited scholarships throughout the University's history, Harvard's present policy is to make every effort to persuade donors that their gifts should be unrestricted...
Adams was the more seriously hurt, with cuts on the forehead. Hinds was burned on the neck, but since the car did not catch fire the origin of the burns is not clear. Both men were thrown from the car in the crash...
...careful, crunching advance, which was approaching the important Red base at Chunchon (see map), which the Reds this week were reported to be abandoning. Of the captured towns, the most important was Hongchon, once thought to be the headquarters of the Chinese 39th and 40th armies and probable origin of the Red assaults on Hoengsong last month. TIME Correspondent Tom Lambert cabled this account of Hongchon's fall...