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"This Is Our Land!" At 4:20 a.m., Jan. 4, 1948 (the hour considered auspicious by the astrologers), Burma's six-starred flag arose in total independence from the British Empire. Only two other nations had so quit the Empire before: Eire and the 13 American Colonies. The British...
At K-25, the $650 million plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., production of Uranium 235 for atomic and hydrogen bombs has never stopped for a second since the process first began ten years ago. In the 44-acre building, which uses as much power as New York City, thousands of...
In Bavaria and western Austria, rain fell steadily for two weeks. The Inn, Traun, Enns and Ilz Rivers, swollen and heavy with flotsam, emptied into the surging Danube. At points of confluence, Passau and Linz, there was catastrophe. At Linz, in three days, the Danube doubled in width and tripled...
Furthermore, another normally dry gully (Sulphur Draw) flash-flooded the drought-stricken town of Lamesa. Said a survivor. Bible in hand: "The Lord sent the rain, and I don't hold it against Him." Floods from Sulphur Draw and hundreds of other roiling gullies roared into Devils River, the...
"It is not a question of elaborate facilities," Burrell said. "The Old Vic started on $200. Get the vital, surging spirit of man acting on this thing. The great comedians are tremendously vital people--Duraute, Hope, and the rest--a good actor is as vital as that. The really talented...