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Asked to describe the day in 1943 when he and his two colleagues discovered that their new method worked Dr. Weller said that their elation was strongly tempered with doubt. "You try something, you think it works, but it looks like something revolutionary, so you distrust your results and try...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three University Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Polio Virus Research | 10/22/1954 | See Source »

Nigel Molesworth, no weed, cad, dirty rotter or funk, is the curse of St. Custard's, or so he claims. St. Custard's is a very English boys' school, built by a madman in Gothic tempered by Byzantine, and run by a monstrous regiment of headmaster, masters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Skoolsfor Skandal | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

Last week Stassen found a way out of the dilemma: he decided to split the orders 50-50 at home and abroad. This meant that the Government would have to put up an extra $7,000,000 to make up for the higher cost of the U.S. products. FOA'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: 50-50 Decision | 9/13/1954 | See Source »

"Burma is descending into a state of anarchy, tempered by Communism."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURMA: The House on Stilts | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

*Nu is a Saturday name, meaning "soft" or "gentle." The name of a Burmese child usually begins with one of the letters deemed auspicious for the day upon which he was born (e.g., K or G for Monday, T, D or N for Saturday). There are rarely family names, if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURMA: The House on Stilts | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

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