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Word: tripping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Khrushchev's next scheduled trip, to Scandinavia, things were obviously going to be worse. A campaign had already begun, supported by newspapers and prominent public figures, to give Khrushchev the silent treatment. Last week the Soviet Foreign Office called in the Moscow envoys of Sweden, Denmark and Norway to inform them coldly that Nikita had decided to cancel his Scandinavian tour. Originally, he had planned to talk up his proposal for a nuclear-free "Baltic zone of peace," an odd notion for him to peddle, since Russia alone of the Baltic powers has nuclear weapons. Obviously he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: This Side of Paradise | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

Last week Hoyte set out from the French village of Montmelian with seven companions (including a veterinary surgeon) and a 5,700-lb. female elephant named Jumbo, borrowed from the Turin zoo. In preparation for the trip, Jumbo was taken on long daily walks in hope that roadwork would condition her for the climb. Special leather-soled boots 30 in. high and weighing nearly 30 lbs. apiece were built to protect her feet. To guard against the cold and against bumps and scrapes in narrow passages, she was fitted with knee pads and a padded canvas overcoat. A three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Elephant Walk | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

...sustaining show, CBS's Captain Kangaroo (weekdays 8:15-9 a.m., Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m., E.D.T.) has it made. Last month the good captain got his first new set, an ark called the S.S. Treasure House; last week captain and crew alike made an overland trip to tape their show at the Minneapolis Aquatennial. All the winds are fair, and by fall, Captain Kangaroo will have a full supply of sponsors for the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Little Man's Man | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

...news of another re-enactment of Hannibal's trip, see FOREIGN NEWS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 3, 1959 | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

...demanding double wages), and bricklayers and plasterers sometimes set minuscule production quotas. From the job-short 1930s to 1956, a University of Michigan study found, the efficiency of U.S. construction workers dropped 10% to 20%. Truck drivers often draw eight hours' pay for a 5½-hour trip, simply because the trip once took eight hours. Grace Line needs only ten men on a conveyor, but is forced by the International Longshoremen's Association to hire 21, four of whom do nothing but take turns pressing a button...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FEATHERBEDDING: Make-Work Imperils Economic Growth | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

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