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...tragic mistake, the Seawolf, with all hands aboard, was depth-charged and sunk by a U.S. destroyer whose commander was not informed that Seawolf was in the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Navy's New Sub | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

...Eliminate special marking requirements (e.g., the rule that every imported knife must have etched or die-sunk into it the name of the manufacturer or importer, and the country of origin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Aspirin for Importers | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...basic problem: overpopulation. Egypt's people, by doubling their number in the past 50 years, have made the narrow green belt along the Nile one of the most densely populated areas on earth. On the inflammable subject of the Suez Canal, the young officers have frequently sunk to old-style rabble-rousing, only to show a welcome moderation at crucial moments. Naguib and his fellow officers have also shown themselves devout Moslems without creating a theocratic state: Naguib astonished his Arab neighbors by sending greetings to the Egyptian Jews at Passover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Misri & the Movement | 8/3/1953 | See Source »

...Triumph. Not until the final putt had been sunk did Ben unbend. Then he doffed his cap and smiled for the crowd. At the trophy presentation, Hogan made a little speech: "I didn't come here to take home a trophy. Whether I won or lost was incidental. I came over here because a lot of people back home wanted me to, and some people over here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Wee Ice Mon | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

Such lively doings have made the shopping centers magnets for money. The Equitable Life Assurance Society alone has sunk more than $20 million into three centers: Seattle's Northgate. Boston's Shoppers' World. San Francisco's Stonestown. Last week the Commerce Department attributed the 43% rise in commercial building outlays so far this year mainly to new shopping centers. Among the newest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Boomtowns on the Byways | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

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