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...fight them. Maybe it's only a puddle. Four or five months later they come back to me." In much the manner of the old Zen painters, De Kooning believes the image must come all at once or not at all. When his three-year-old daughter Lisbeth put her hands on the wet paint, he left the palm print rather than doctor the surface and destroy the spontaneous feeling. "I'm not trying to be a virtuoso," he explains, "but I have to do it fast. It's not like poker, where you can build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Big Splash | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

Died. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, 80, aristocratic, stiff-collared Argentine diplomat, only South American to win the Nobel Peace Prize (in 1936, for his work in ending the three-year-old Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay); of influenza; in Buenos Aires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, may 18, 1959 | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...usual, three-year-old Tommy, with whoops and cries of good fellowship, climbed into the bed and began to jump up and down on his father's waking form. "I like to get up early anyway," said Dr. James Alfred Van Allen philosophically, and got up. By 8:30 Dr. Van Allen, a sturdy (5 ft. 8 in., 175 Ibs.) figure in a sober grey suit, was climbing the steps of the limestone building that houses the physics department of the State University of Iowa in Iowa City. The janitor waved casually, called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Reach into Space | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

Hunger for Growth. The Midas touch has brought burly Lou Chesler most of the material possessions a man could desire: a 54-ft. yacht, a $250,000 Long Island estate, half ownership of a three-year-old Kentucky Derby hopeful named Atoll, firm control of two growing companies, vast investments in other stocks and Canadian real estate. Still he wants more. Recently he tried to merge Universal with Underwood Corp., got a cool reception and retreated. What makes Lou Chesler run? Answers Chesler: "I just cannot resist the challenge of an obvious business opportunity. Though this may sound corny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: A Fast $70 Million | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...horse races. In the $145,000 Santa Anita Handicap, C. W. Smith's Hillsdale (at 4 to 5 odds) was overtaken by Terrang in the last hundred yards, lost by half a length. In the $135,800 Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah, Christopher T. Chenery's flashy three-year-old, First Landing (17 to 20), was never a serious factor, finished third behind Bayard Sharp's Troilus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Mar. 9, 1959 | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

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