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...Congress does not pass new legislation exempting producers from FPC regulation, the gasmen see no end to the troubles. But if Congress recognizes gas as a competitive commodity, gasmen think the laws of supply and demand will peg prices at a fair and competitive level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATURAL GAS PRICES: The Case Against Federal Controls | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...children to St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church every Sunday, Mrs. Kelly marched them off to the Penn Athletic Club for workouts. "There's a certain discipline in athletic work," says Mrs. Kelly. "That's why Grace can accustom herself to routine and responsibility." Sister Peg organized home theatricals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Girl in White Gloves | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

Murphy Workshop. A fold-up workshop for do-it-yourselfers has been put on sale by Dor-Bak Corp., Chicago. Measuring only 18 by 40 by 7 in. when closed, the workshop includes a workbench that supports 300 Ibs., heavy-duty electrical outlets, a peg board for hanging up tools. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Dec. 13, 1954 | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

...small gathering of Pennsylvania Republicans in Gettysburg. Next day the President decided to hold a special Cabinet meeting to hear Dulles' report. With an election a week away, the Paris achievement could have been given a lot of sizzle. It deserved better treatment: it could have been the peg for an immediate, politically potent radio-television report to the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Sell the Sizzle | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

...refugees from Brazil got a cold reception at the hands of New Amsterdam's peg-legged Governor Peter Stuyvesant. a cast-iron Calvinist who considered Judaism "an abominable religion." He wrote to the directors of the West India Company in Amsterdam, suggesting that Jews be banned. The company instructed the governor to let the Jews stay on the understanding that "the poor among them shall not become a burden to the Company or community, but be supported by their own nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Under the Fig Tree | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

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