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Though he is a teacher at heart, Don Herbert hates the dry stuffiness of a classroom as much as any truant schoolboy. On Mr. Wizard, his popular science show for kids (Sat. 5 p.m., NBC-TV), he uses brief, ad lib comment instead of hectoring lectures, everyday objects like balloons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Truant Teacher | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

Cabot also announced that he has selected only some of this fall's cheer-leaders and that there is a great need for tumblers.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rooters for Crimson To Descend on IAB | 9/28/1951 | See Source »

A Handful of Beads. Today the East Gate Market is coming to life again. Most shopkeepers have no shops, only boxes and crates or an old army cot on which to display their wares. Some lay their little collections on the ground, brushing away the dust which sifts off Bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ALLIES: Market In Seoul | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

Frightened travelers who managed to make their way out of the earthquake region told of entire villages that had been swallowed. Thousands of people and cattle were marooned on islands in flooded areas. Brahmin priests performed propitiation ceremonies to the goddess of earth and the god of destruction. The quake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Tide of Trees & Tigers | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

The 300-room Desert Inn not only boasted a huge pool and a 35-ft. colored fountain, but in deference to gamblers with "kiddies," a king-size doll house. It had a temperamental French chef named Maurice who specialized in things served on flaming swords (said one awed gambler: "The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Wilbur's Dream Joint | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

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