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The people of John Cheever's stories dwell among the shifting symbols of success, where the status is very seldom quo. Most of them live in Manhattan or commute to its skyscraper hives, for that is where the honey is. But somehow their lives, loves and labors leave the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Crack in the Picture Window | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

The great reinforced concrete dam at Kuibyshev stretches nearly three-fourths of a mile across the mighty Volga River. Behind it lies an artificial reservoir 1½ times the size of Great Salt Lake. In its construction, 6.5 billion cu. ft. of earth was excavated-more than was dug out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Man in a Hurry | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

Perhaps too facile, he has whisked off a skyscraper design overnight, took only 15 days to plan Caracas' Museum of Modern Art, a pyramid that will rest upside down atop Bello Monte mountain. "I study the problem, the arc of the sun, the lay of the land," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Architect of Brasilia | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

A lot of sympathy is being wasted on executives for leading lives so full of stress and strain that it impairs their health. Actually, their subordinates suffer more from high blood pressure and artery disease. These surprising findings were reported in last week's A.M.A. Journal by two Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Life of Stress | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

Died. Fred T. Ley, 86, president of Fred T. Ley & Co., Manhattan real estate management firm, builder of the 1,046-ft., 77-story Chrysler Building, world's second tallest skyscraper; in Manhattan.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 28, 1958 | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

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