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...about the Teitelbaum case. Frank Nathan and Bert Naster, the two Florida promoters identified in Teitelbaum's testimony as shakedown agents for a Govern ment "clique," were both friends of Grunewald. When Mystery Man Grunewald finally appeared on Capitol Hill last week, the investigators could hardly wait to unravel his fascinating story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Mystery Man | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

...marry. When little Gregorius is born, he is cast adrift in a little boat, with a note that tells his story but not his identity. Gregorius is saved by fishermen and grows up in a monastery. In due time, of course, he goes out in the world to unravel his origin-and meets and marries the Duchess Sibylla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pope Oedipus | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

...Applauded Episcopal Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill, president of the National Council of Churches, for a speech in which he declared that no single church body can, by itself, unravel the "disorder, chaos and confusion" of the times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Presbyterian Salt | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

...second time Bill Martin had moved in to cut a knot too tangled for older fingers to unravel. In 1937, when William O. Douglas, then SEChairman, was denouncing the New York Stock Exchange as a "private club" with little concern for the public interest, the exchange's governors turned to Martin, an exchange member, to help set things right. Martin helped draft the plan which completely reorganized the exchange in 1938, and became, at 31, the exchange's first paid president. In 1941 he entered the Army as a private, rose to colonel. After the war, President Truman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Peacemaker's Reward | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

...ACTH's power to turn certain disease processes off & on at will, Dr. Mote believes that its discovery compares in importance with the identification of bacteria as causes of disease. After a century, the full bacteria story is not yet known. It may take as long to unravel the mysteries of such hormones as ACTH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Quick Relief, Quick Relapse | 4/10/1950 | See Source »

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