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...knows where such an outlaw particle could have come from. One colorful theory holds that somewhere in the universe there may be stars or whole galaxies made of reversed matter. From them escape antiprotons that wander through space, perhaps for billions of years, until they hit normal protons (as in Professor Rossi's brass plate) and are annihilated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Anti-Proton? | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...love song that seems destined for the top these days is a composition entitled "My Restless Lover." A masterpiece of word economy, it uses a total vocabulary of twenty-four words. The lyrics are catchy, "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny come home. Johnny Guitar, why must you wander? Oh, Johnny, Johnny Guitar." Needless to say, the title was changed from "Johnny Guitar" to increase it emotional appeal. Another deft stroke for the trade was "You, you, you, I'm in love with you, you, you," a song whose pedestrian melody never caught the fire of its lyrics. There is a sleeper, just...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: Softly, With Feeling | 3/25/1954 | See Source »

...seemed doubtful that any fair military court could come to a sharper decision, or avoid creating some kind of military limbo in which such hapless men as Colonel Schwable would be compelled to wander, unpunished but unloved, for the rest of their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Dreadful Dilemma | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

Shell had played its strike carefully, but oilmen got a hint that something was in the wind even before the announcement. When the company started drilling last month 60 miles southwest of Ely, anyone could wander around and look to his heart's content. But after ten days of drilling, Shell suddenly changed its mind. It put up a sign warning away visitors and built a fence around the operation. But by the time the well was brought in, at 6,433 ft, shrewd Nevadans were already trickling into Reno's land office, snapping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Nevada Strike | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

Guess that's enough for you to start with. Think we had some pretty funny stuff in February, no matter what they say. I, for one, am through worrying. Hear there's a dance or flick tonight at the Great Hall and I guess I might as well wander on over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memo | 2/24/1954 | See Source »

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