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...power of primitive art-the caricature-like simplification, the economic, almost childlike use of detail-the Eskimo sculptors showed a force that set their work apart from the most sophisticated studio products. Without even elementary training in art, working by flickering lamps in their igloos, and using only the simplest tools on bone, ivory and the green, grey or black rocks of their Arctic home, the Eskimos told of what they knew: the dull strength of a musk ox, its heavy head lowered on thick shoulders; the rubbery, spreading massiveness of a sunning seal; the graceful curves of an otter...
...first-year biology students, the amoeba is one of the oldest, simplest and most fascinating forms of animal life. To men of the U.S. armed forces on duty in countries where sanitation is primitive, the amoeba is a treacherous foe which can infiltrate their digestive tracts and cause dysentery or death. Last week 1,490 employees of the Singer Manufacturing Co.'s plant in South Bend, Ind. found themselves, with their families and friends, in all-out war against the lowly amoeba, with no truce in sight...
...simplest way to assure smooth handling of an address change is to send in the actual addressing imprint from your copy of TIME, or an exact copy of it, including the code numbers at the bottom of the address. Then add the full new address. If it's a temporary change, tell us how long it will last, and whether you will be returning to your old address at the end of that period. One caution: don't start the change so early that you won't be at the new address by the time copies arrive...
Hence, Hooton felt that the fourth suggestion, that women marry young men, is the simplest and most practical...
Joseph Stalin was liquidated last week by the common fate of all men. The event was so big that only the simplest words could form his epitaph: he was the most powerful man of his time-the most feared and hated. He might have boasted in the words of the Roman song honoring Emperor Aurelian...