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Thought & Belief. Nowadays, pretty close to being the recognized No. 1 citizen of Dallas, Umphrey Lee is a busy man. He belongs to such potent organizations as the Citizens' Council, the organization of businessmen without whom nothing can be done in Dallas, and the ultra-select Thirteen Club, a group of 13 who get together periodically to hash over world and local problems. Nonsmoking, nondrinking, Lee has no advice to thrust on those who do. He likes to tell of one friend who drinks deeply and then often calls Lee up to tell him what's wrong with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Newest Shining Wonder | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

...civil service procurement, Samuel T. Adams, Director of Personnel of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, declared last night in the first of this year's Conference on Careers. The Junior Management and Social Science Assistant examinations are the nub of this program, and are designed "to find a select group" with high public service potential...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Civil Service Seeking 'Select Group' for Washington Jobs | 2/16/1951 | See Source »

This is a book which probably should be on every Advocate editor's shelf. According to its preface: "The Harvard Advocate has published selections from its past volumes before, but the attitude of the anthologist has in each case differed from ours . . . principal attention seems to have been paid to selecting the best material which had been published, irrespective of the later careers of the authors." This would seem a reasonable principle by which to select material for an anthology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

...pecked at his typewriter as the Prime Minister lay dying in the next room. This was for him. "Independently Chosen Vocations." That was the word. Here they all were, put together in a special book. He placed the book gently on the table and went to his closet to select a striped tie. Then he remembered the other mail. There were three envelopes, lying close together in a careful pile. The first had a window cut into it; Vag snickered and tossed it back on the table. The next had a handwritten address. He opened it quickly. "24-Hour Cleaning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 1/10/1951 | See Source »

When the climax comes, another electronic assistant, the Sperry A1C radar gunsight, will help the pilot hit the enemy. Jet fighters move so fast that the pilot has only a few seconds for firing, and human eyes and brains cannot be depended upon to select those seconds unfailingly. The radar gunsight (still under thick wraps) makes all the calculations automatically. It tracks the target, measuring its distance, direction and relative speed. All the pilot has to do is keep the target inside a circle of light on his windshield. When the enemy plane is in a position where it will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Autopilot for Jets | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

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