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Item: the reaction must occur at 150° below zero, the next processing at 150° above. This type of process, which may be successful in a test tube, becomes fantastically difficult in a skyscraper-size plant. Butyl production is still negligible. The U.S. can still use Du Pont'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUBBER: The Bottom | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

The frantic doctor tried to find her, partly to save his precious radium but mostly to prevent the lady from getting radium burns. Presently the patient phoned to report that her little bandage had "come loose" (she had not been overexposed). It had disappeared into the hairdresser's plumbing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Louder, Please | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

That the State Department's Turner would work toward such aims as these seemed clear from the fact that he had helped formulate them at Harpers Ferry. His personal history would seem to assure the forcefulness of his work. The Iowa-born economist and historian (Great Cultural Traditions) is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The U. S. Sits In | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

It takes approximately two years to construct a present-day skyscraper, but it took over 600 years of patient toil and sacrifice to construct the Cathedral in Cologne.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 2, 1943 | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

*As Madrid's only real skyscraper and as G.H.Q. for the Loyalists, the building was much battered by Franco, who has since restored it thoroughly.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: Mr. Behn Reports | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

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