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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Britain's spry old Philosopher-Mathematician Bertrand Russell, 87, who asks: "Has religion made a useful contribution to civilization?" His answer: No, except for helping to establish the calendar and inducing the "Egyptian priests to prepare such careful chronology of eclipses that in time they could predict them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mr. G. in the U.S.S.R. | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

John Harvard's ghost appeared briefly on the scene to predict that the Crimson would trounce the Tigers 60-14 in revenge for last year's 16-14 defeat. He also guaranteed that each cheerleader would do 35 push-ups to entertain the crowd at today's contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 500 Applaud Yovicsin at Football Rally | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

President. That doesn't mean I would support him." Indiana's lone-wolf Republican Senator Homer Capehart, a Rocky fan in a Nixon state, came by to predict big things in Hoosierland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: New Man's First Week | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

Menzel stressed the need for more research money if the United States is to duplicate the Soviet feat. He did not care to predict the date of a successful American moon circuit, adding, "I only wish I knew." Lunik is now in orbit around the earth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Menzel Disputes Theory Of Soviet Astronomers | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

...mood to that of 1945, when Labor's Clement Attlee scored an upset victory over Winston Churchill. And from the marginal constituencies, one Labor campaigner after another reported that if it were not for the polls, which still showed a strong though diminished Tory lead, he would predict a Labor victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Getting Your Share? | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

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