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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...communiqué emphasized the existence of two Germanys, and the Soviet line that reunification of the two is principally "a national problem of the German people," not something for the Western powers to meddle in. In return, Adenauer had got an oral promise from Bulganin that "before you reach Bonn, action to release the German prisoners will be set in motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: The Germans & the Russians | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

Republic's Charlie White, who calls himself "not a professional optimist," doubts that even the new round of ex pansion will meet the nation's needs. White expects steel consumption to reach 1,450 pounds per capita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: The Expansion of Steel | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

...eyes so gross and clumsy that they could not furnish credible continuity for a horror comic. But apart from its uproarious, if unintended, humor, the book has another significance. Author Fast's works offer an insight into the nature of the enemy. On that basis, Americans may reach the useful conclusion that the enemy is not so bright as is generally believed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fast & Loose | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

...dust and gas. At last week's Dublin meeting of the International Astronomical Union, Dr. Herbig displayed a recent picture of the same region. The picture showed five stars, two of which may be newborn. The light from the new stars, of course, took 1,600 years to reach the earth, so the stars were actually born about the same time as the Roman Emperor Theodosius, and as far as any earthling knows, they may have long since gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Infant Stars? | 9/12/1955 | See Source »

...believe. Stapp thinks that many of man's limitations are not imposed by the body but by the mind. Says he: "Why are we always underrating man? Take, for example, the four-minute mile. For years, we thought that was a physical limit just a bit beyond human reach. Well, it was a psychological limit, and once there was a breakthrough the barrier seemed never to have existed. So it was with the sound barrier-with man enduring Mach 1*- a falsely set limit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Fastest Man on Earth | 9/12/1955 | See Source »

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