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...Shavei Zion, on the rocky Mediterranean coast between Acre and Lebanon, decided to build a coastal road to link their village with other communities. A bulldozer was at work slicing away the sand dunes when one day its driver noticed that he was grazing what seemed to be scorched pavement with jewel-encrusted slabs. Archaeologist Moshe Prausnitz, British-trained senior inspector of Israel's Department of Antiquities, arrived on the scene, found a loose layer of burned mosaic floor, and under that two layers of superb mosaic that seemed to be virtually undamaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Discovery at Shavei | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

...playground. At first sight, the problem seems ordinary. Should Clemente yield himself to the incitements of his wakening sexuality or keep himself a fit vessel of grace? As Soldati tells it, Clemente's sex proliferates through his veins like the roots of a tree under a marble pavement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: About but Not for Boys | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

Metal Spare Tire. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has developed a flat, rubber-rimmed metal spare tire that takes up little room in the trunk, can easily be bolted on the hub over a flat tire by raising the wheel off the pavement with a jack. The motorist can drive as far as 100 miles on the tire at speeds of up to 45 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Dec. 23, 1957 | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...Baker approached the Psychological Clinic, he heard steps behind him. Before he could turn, however, one of the men grabbed him from the rear and threw him to the pavement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Men Beat, Kick Leverett House Tutor, Leave Him in Street | 11/30/1957 | See Source »

...some of the runways on the flying field near by (see cut). This means that they have been warmed up by the exhausts of jet planes; runways that are not so busy show dimly or not at all. Two highways running past the plant are conspicuous because their pavement has been warmed by the tires and exhausts of heavy Long Island traffic. Warm driveways near the plant tell how Republic's employees get in and out of the parking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Infra-Red Is Watching | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

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