Word: traced
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will be cloud pictures from oceans and polar regions, where few ground weather stations exist at present. Eventually weathermen, watching the whole earth's clouds through the electronic eyes of several satellites, may be able to predict the advance of cold and warm fronts, spot newborn hurricanes and trace the meanderings of the Jetstream...
...conference with legislative leaders last fortnight the President sat fuming while Congressmen asked sharp questions-and got limp answers from Pentagon officials-about interservice rivalries, overlapping missile programs and the whole organizational foul-up that makes it almost impossible to trace responsibility for any kind of failure in U.S. defense. No sooner had the congressional leaders left the White House than President Eisenhower called Defense Secretary Neil McElroy, into his office. His orders: find the right answers to the Pentagon's problems and put them into effect. Said the President: "You have a free hand...
Though Koreans trace their legendary origins back to 2333 B.C., endless civil wars and ruthless invasions have wiped out nearly every perishable object that remained above ground. Except for 20th century tomb excavations that provide some sense of the luxury and craftsmanship of the past, there are few remnants of Korean art. Out of the tombs have come such works as the stoneware Mounted Horseman, wearing a noble's peaked cap and leather armor of the 5th-6th century. Even more impressive is the antlerlike gold crown ornamented with jade found in a tomb of the Old Silla dynasty...
...While FCC scanned the air waves for any trace of an adman's use of "subliminal perception" in a pitch to the viewer's subconscious mind (TIME, Nov. 18). one TV station announced that it has been trying the technique for two months. WTWO in Bangor, Me. superimposes the suggestion "Write W-TWO" once every eleven seconds on certain of its TV shows, in a flash too swift for conscious perception. The station promised to keep FCC posted on the experiment; so far, a spokesman admitted, the results in the station's mail volume have been...
They discovered that below-normal concentration of zinc in the blood of cirrhosis patients was coupled with excessive excretion of zinc in the urine. This, in turn, seriously depleted the body's stores of the trace metal...