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Today in East Germany, dancing the Lipsi has become a demonstration of Communist faith. Press and radio alike are pushing its doubtful charms. Even the hipsters who still don't dig it are reading the published directions, in self-defense. "Lipsi can be danced on very small, overcrowded dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUKEBOX: Ticky, Real Ticky | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Most of the famous gunmen of the Old West would provide their romantic armchair admirers with some unpleasant surprises. Billy the Kid, of sentimental memory, was a psychopathic killer who dropped most of his 21 victims from ambush or tampered with their guns before he picked a fight; and he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERNS: The Six-Gun Galahad | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

After years of listening to the lament "It isn't the heat, it's the humidity," the U.S. Weather Bureau has finally decided to warn-or at least try to warn-people when a particularly sticky day is in the offing. By the time next summer's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Misery Begins at 70 | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

But the book's faults are balanced, if not completely overcome, by the esprit of the players, a few good voices, a few fine songs, and a few clever lyrics. The most successful part of Busy Bodies is the cast. Every member seems to enjoy his role and manages to...

Author: By Alfred FRIENDLY Jr., | Title: Busy Bodies | 3/19/1959 | See Source »

The proposal is appealing from the viewpoint of House life, for it balances the exclusive representation of the Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences with the less academic, professional fields, such as medicine, business and law. But, more important, it is an economical solution to what could be an unpleasant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Too Much, Too Soon | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

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