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Plant Pathologist Arthur James Pil grim, chief of Boeing's Life Support Systems Research, is proud of his group's success, yet he has no illusions that algae will join the crews of spaceships for quite some time. In principle, algae are ideal, requiring nothing but the sunlight filtered through a spaceship's windows to regen erate oxygen and dispose of CO2. But they demand a lot of water to live happily; the Boeing system contains 80 gal lons, weighing more than 600 Ibs. Pilgrim is sure that this prohibitive weight can be reduced drastically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Algae for Oxygen | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

Christian missionaries in Korea and friends of Pang Wha Il, the victim, were indignant. Said the Rev. Chun Pil Sun, of the Seoul presbytery: "The American military army obviously places different value on the lives of Koreans and Americans ... A Korean's life apparently means nothing." Added a U.S. missionary in Korea: "I am ashamed to face the Christians I know here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN KOREA: Justice for the Lieutenant | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

...only future was the Church. Juan, his father's favorite, was a physical coward. Pepe, the eldest, became a matador, but he lacked his father's touch. Pepe liked the life, however, learned all the dissolute extracurricular tricks. When his father arranged a marriage between him and Pilár, known to be a beauty, thought to be an heiress, Pepe quickly found she was too saintly for his taste. Left a penniless orphan by the death of her scheming grandmother, Pilár was jilted by Pepe. Don Jose took her into his household where both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Toro! | 7/9/1934 | See Source »

...Poor Resistless Heart." an ode, was written by George Washington at the age of 16. Set to music by Maury Madi son (who has also set songs by the wives of U. S. Presidents- TIME. Nov. 16), it was performed last week on NBC's Pil grim Program (studio program). Excerpts : Oh, Ye Gods why should my Poor Resistless Heart Stand to oppose thy might and power, At last surrender to Cupid's feather'd Dart, And now lays bleeding every h-o-u-r In deluding slee pings let my Eyelids close, That in an enraptured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Rose, Heart, Garden | 8/8/1932 | See Source »

...shrine of "The Little Flower of Jesus," at Lisieux, has gone many a pil grim. Soldiers who whispered her name at the Marne or Verdun have covered her shrine with their medals and swords. A few years ago the shrine was visited by Mrs. Edward C. Post, 56, rich Newport relative of Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont who had lived much in France since her husband died. Deaf when she arrived, Mrs. Post left cured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Carmelite Flower | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

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