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Over Kiel, Knoke had time to watch the heavy babies in action. "They dump their load right on the Germania shipyards. I am impressed by the precision with which those bastards bomb; it is fantastic." But precision had its price: by the end of 1943, Knoke had shot down 20...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Loser's Scrapbook | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

The West German university city of Freiburg (pop. 110,000) was a bad place for a child in late 1945. Bombs and artillery shells had cratered its streets, shattered its industry (mainly textiles and precision instruments), gutted its homes. Children roamed the rubble in wolf packs, raiding homes, stealing food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The H | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

Two Hours After. What is the net result of this new Air Force precision? In the event of Russian attack, U.S. strategic bombers can deliver an attack which would destroy major Soviet air bases and war installations within two hours after the first U.S. bomber crosses Russia's outer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The New Dimension | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

But though he wavers, Tony does not "betray" Sam. By the end of the school year, however, Tony's sense of guilt and shame makes him realize that his loyalties were misplaced. Novelist Burt handles his characters with skill and his language with precision, and he has managed to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Good & Evil | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

War & Peace. While Zeiss has long been Germany's biggest cameramaker. and is the second largest in the world, the camera business is only one part of its optical empire. Founded more than 100 years ago by Instrument-maker Carl Zeiss and Physicist Ernst Abbe, it is controlled by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Camera Comeback | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

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