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George Bernard Shaw got the kind of assignment he relishes: a special request for a quiverful of Shavian shafts. The Communist Daily Worker asked him to comment on the indictment of the twelve American Communist leaders (TIME, Aug. 2). G.B.S., who has claimed to be an atheist, an anti-Darwinian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 1, 1948 | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

Commonest form of welding used today is arc welding. An arc welder has for his tool a device that holds a pencil-sized metal rod carrying a heavy (around 200 amps) electric current of low voltage. When he brings the rod close to the metal to be welded, the current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Weld It! | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

At Ur, Mesopotamia, home of Nebuchadnezzar, birthplace of Abraham, the joint digging of the Brit- ish Museum and the University of Pennsylvania was continued. Finds included records of kings unknown to history, who reigned in 3500 B. C. Their graves contained hoards of gold and copper spearheads (in bundles), chisels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diggers | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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