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...Among them: CJ Directions for making a "Kennedy quarter": take an ordinary 25? piece and some red fingernail polish or red crayon. Color George Washington's head down almost to the ear. Also color the lower part of Washington's neck, down to the coin's rim. The result: a passable likeness of Pope John XXIII...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: That's a Joke, Son | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

...coils from a battery. The energized coils react with the magnets and keep the fork vibrating at a steady 360 cycles per second, giving a musical note a little higher than F above middle C. Each vibration pushes a jewel-tipped spring against a pinhead-sized wheel whose rim has 300 microscopic ratchet teeth. The turning of this wheel moves the hands of the watch through a conventional gear train. Bulova guarantees that its electronic watch, which it calls the Accutron. will not gain or lose more than one minute per month. Price of present-model watches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: How to Keep Time | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

Sleep and food are secondary to Bobby in his relentless quest, and he has paid a price for his dedication. His nerves are frayed, deep circles rim his eyes, his slight shoulders are stooped with fatigue. Jack

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Little Brother Is Watching | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

...might be subjected to "undignified treatment" by Lumumba supporters. He assured everyone who would listen that he was not a politician and that politics "are too complicated for me." Then he got drunk. At week's end, after his 15-day venture into the disturbing world beyond the rim of his washtub, ex-Diplomat Kinda was sleeping it off in the Brazzaville jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Wandering Laundryman | 10/3/1960 | See Source »

...Rand electronic brain will track all aircraft in a three-state zone. Hardest-to-lick problem thus far is jet noise, but airport officials hope that the new turbofan jet engines will eventually alleviate even that drawback of the jets. Dulles Airport is planting 80,000 trees around its rim to help absorb jet noise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRPORT CITIES: Gateways to the Jet Age | 8/15/1960 | See Source »

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