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...Fritz Zwicky, astronomer, physicist and rocket expert of Caltech, has developed such an engine for the U.S. Navy, which presumably hopes to use it in torpedoes or in anti-submarine devices. The Navy is so excited about it that it won't allow Swiss-born Astronomer Zwicky to open his mouth on the subject. It has also warned Aerojet Engineering Corp. of Azusa, Calif., which is working on the device, to keep it quiet...
...Modest Hut. Swiss-born Bishop Wurm has a talent for diplomacy combined with courage and administrative ability that might have taken him far in politics. The combination has come in handy: in Germany the threads of church and politics are closely intertwined, and have been for years...
Seldom before had Swiss-born Architect Le Corbusier had such cooperation: his plans had usually been considered so radical and so costly that few were ever translated into buildings. The French Government was smoothing the way for Le Corbusier because it believed that other French architects could use the building as a model. For Le Corbusier it was "the first step towards the radiant city of tomorrow...
...kind of merchandise at fair prices, especially clothing, is a rarity in rackety-rax Rome. So is Swiss-born George Bloch. Last week the combination produced a riot on the Corso Umberto...
...three, the canvases of Swiss-born Paul Klee (1879-1940) were the most recognizable. Concealed in his childlike scrawling was many a suggestion of reality (shadowy trees, clouds, heads); much of his work possessed simplicity, sharpness and humor, and a spontaneity as fresh as a candid camera shot...