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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when he meant China. When he was asked about his celebrated "We will bury you" gibe at the U.S., Khrushchev explained calmly that capitalism was doomed to die not by his action but by the inexorable march of history: "We believe that Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin gave scientific proof of the fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: The Elemental Force | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...Laos, was ready to veto any proposed U.N. action. But this time U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge came up with a surprise. Months ago he had ordered his staff to pore through the thousands of pages of Security Council proceedings in search of a model for a veto-proof resolution. Owing to Lodge's foresight, the U.S. was ready when the Laotian case unexpectedly came before the Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: Soothing Syrup | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

...Continent. Lamont men think the cracks may be proof that the continents indeed drifted away from each other, and are still drifting. Dr. Ewing recalled a theory of Venig Meinesz, who suggested that the early earth may have lacked the dense central core that it has today. Its hot, fluid inside material could circulate unhampered in a single "cell," rising to the surface on one side of the sphere and sinking down on the opposite side after cooling by radiation into space and getting heavier. When this had gone on long enough, all the light rock on the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: How Oceans Grew | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...whatever may harm them," says the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. "We are weary of being told that although a steady diet of aggression and violence may be harmful to children, there is no evidence to show that it really is ... Must we wait for statistical and clinical proof?" Last week in its magazine, National Parent-Teacher, the congress answered the question with a resounding no, and then proceeded to publish its own clinical evaluation of the shows children watch on TV. A sampling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Question & Answers | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

Papal Gratitude. Though he has published books outlining his theories and claims of benefit to patients, he offers no precise statistics such as most medical men demand as proof that a treatment works. Although technically in good standing in organized Swiss medicine, he is viewed with suspicion by most Swiss physicians. His greatest following is in Germany, where a connection with the University of Tubingen enables him to use the coveted title "professor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Healing Lamb | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

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