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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...house the police also found: ten skins of human heads, neatly separated from the skull; assorted pieces of human skin, some between the pages of magazines, some made into small belts, some used to upholster chair seats (the largest piece, rolled up on the floor, was the front upper section of a woman's torso); a box of noses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Portrait of a Killer | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

Information on the density of the upper atmosphere obtained from observations of the Russian satellites will lead the United States to launch its own satellite higher than was originally planned, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory announced yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Facts From Sputnik Observations To Aid U.S. Satellite Launching | 11/27/1957 | See Source »

...tops. Dynasty harkens back to Okada's past, recalling to him "the oldtime Japan," though the shapes are his own invention. Says he: "I find myself in nature and nature in myself. There are old pine trees in the picture (center). The blue and brown areas (upper left) are like a rainbow, a cloud, rain or fog-any symbol you pick-but with a feeling of sky, air and space." ¶ Red and Black, by Clyfford Still. This is the Albright's prime acquisition to date, because merely to own a Still is a rarity. Painter Still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: HOME FOR MODERNS | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

John S. Rinehart, assistant director of the Astrophysical Institute and consultant to the projects, said that this experiment was intended for research in the upper atmosphere. The pellets reached a speed of about 33,000 miles per hour, and some may have escaped the earth's gravitational field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Observatory Director Refuses to Comment About Sputnik 'Crash' | 11/23/1957 | See Source »

...words coming both for and from her ministers, announced that the Tory government will shortly introduce legislation creating lifetime peerages for both men and women. Such a law, if passed, would for the first time in history plunk "lady lords" down beside gentleman lords in Britain's Upper House.* This stratospheric feminist victory was hailed by "delighted" Virginia-born Lady Astor, 78, bodkin-tongued widow of a viscount and first woman to sit in the House of Commons. With due appreciation to the Queen, Nancy Astor said: "I hope they will create me a lifetime peeress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 18, 1957 | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

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