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Standing at the top of a West Berlin ski slide last week, Skier Heinz Mannstedt made a snap decision: instead of going all the way back down the hill to get proper straps for his borrowed skis, he would take a chance on the makeshift harness he was wearing. Thus decided, Heinz took off-and a moment later, as he and his skis parted company, gave photographers one of the most arresting skiing photographs in a long time...
Wildcat. Rickover's working schedule is hard and relentless. He arrives at Tempo 3 in mufti at 8 a.m. and sets to work at top speed. The telephone rings often, but conversations are brief. "Yes," he'll snap. "Send that guy over, but I won't sign on the dotted line." He starts to hang up, then, "No, no. You hear me? No!" and the conversation is suddenly ended. Subordinates come and go in streams. Carbons of every letter are read critically by Rickover and generally scrawled with comments...
...will visit the U.S. this month, predicted a slump in 1954 that will carry the U.S. economy back to the level of the slight 1949 recession. Up to that point, some American economists and businessmen go along with him. But, added Clark, this time the U.S. economy will not snap out of it, as it did in 1949, but will go right on down. There will be no new stimulus to turn the economy back to expansion. Before year's end there may be 7,000,000 unemployed. The only ways to prevent it, according to Clark...
...afternoon last week. Chicagoans heard a typical program. Conductor Reiner strode across the stage as the lights dimmed, shook hands with the concertmaster, and mounted the podium. With a concise snap of his baton, he launched the orchestra into a sweet, crisp performance of an 18th century Concerto Grosso by Corelli, a rollicking version of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony and, after the intermission, a whirling reading of the Dances of Galanta by Hungarian Composer Zoltan Kodaly. As the finale swooped to its finish, the crowd gave a startled "Oh!" and burst into heavy applause...
...experts may be wrong again. In the last six months, the mere promise of color TV has upset the black & white TV market. If buyers snap up the first sets and continue to clamor for color, then manufacturers will not be able to go slow. Like it or not, TV makers will have to concentrate on color and hope that the fast changeover does not demoralize the industry...