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The scientists at Du Pont's Experimental Station first found a way to duplicate leather's "breathability" by impregnating plastic material with threadlike fibers-and then dissolving the fibers. Then, as is its habit, Du Pont generated an internal competition by pitting two of its departments against each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: The Master Technicians | 11/27/1964 | See Source »

Instead of doing anything, Flynn just stands there. Meanwhile Stop Train 349, which might have made a sizzling topical melodrama, is sidetracked by flaccid direction, routine performances, and a script that turns people into points of view. The biggest jolt is pitting Errol Flynn's tall, handsome but impassive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: All Buckle & No Swash | 8/14/1964 | See Source »

Terrorist bands of East Indians and Negroes roamed British Guiana day and night last week, waging sporadic war on each other, murdering and looting, burning homes and assaulting women. Only the presence of 1,200 British troops with orders to shoot to kill prevented the ugly violence from erupting into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Guiana: Race War | 6/5/1964 | See Source »

Nasser responded by denouncing Baath as atheistic, and the cry was picked up by Moslem religious leaders as well as by Syria's merchants and landowners, worried by Baath's militantly socialist program of nationalization and land reform. Hafez replied: "Allah alone knows who are atheists, and will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Syria: A Cure for Sick Brothers | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

The Knapp involves a modified team racing format, pitting three different boats from each school against each other. The title is awarded to the school with the highest overall point total.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Sailors Face Elis, Tigers In Knapp Races | 9/28/1963 | See Source »

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