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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Since when has a mere company such as Standard Oil been used as a sort of prorated comparison to anything as high as the "business" of worshiping God? The church was there before Standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1956 | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...clips, and put three-minute egg timers on subordinates' desks to shorten telephone calls. But Mansure's fine eye for housekeeping details (which won the praise of the Hoover Commission) was not always matched by a clear view of the bigger picture. He seemed to have one standard for office efficiency and quite another for political shenanigans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ed & Mr. Mansure | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...obscurity in (our) standard text, due to the confusion of two words of similar appearance, has been cleared up in Isaiah 21:8. "And the cried, a lion" makes no sense at all. "And the seer cried" suits the context perfectly. The letters 'RYH (lion) are a scrib's mistake for HR'H (the seer...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Story of Uncertainty | 2/16/1956 | See Source »

...Plan, are doing well. Of the 50 most popular stocks bought since the plan was started two years ago (current total: 737,000 shares worth $28.7 million), eight increased more than 100% in value, while 16 others jumped between 50% and 100%. Top favorites: General Electric, RCA, General Motors, Standard Oil of New Jersey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Feb. 13, 1956 | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

...Rocket has enough economic advantages over standard trains to make Rock Island hopeful of turning a profit on passenger operations. The four-car train, with a General Motors diesel locomotive, cost $788,000, with a per-seat cost of $2,300 v. $3,800 for conventional cars. The steel and aluminum train weighs 451,000 Ibs., slightly over half the 807,000 Ibs. of Rock Island's 20-year-old Peoria Rocket. Thus, the locomotive need develop only 1,200 h.p. v. 2,000 h.p. for conventional engines, makes the 161-mile Chicago-Peoria run on $10 worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: New Train | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

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