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...cost: $9,500) was not built for such frivolity. The military uses are obvious. Blacked-out cities, whose warmth cannot be eliminated, will stand out conspicuously on Eva's screen. An underground factory will be betrayed by heat rising from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Heat-Sensitive Eva | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

...year to live. At this point, the direction of Charles Frend comes amazingly alive. The doomed man goes to the cathedral to pray, and in a magic moment, life seems unbearably precious to him, heady in its color and configuration and line, jeweled with sunsets and enriched by the warmth of common humanity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 20, 1956 | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...drawing of exceptional merit. All parts of the body add to the general momentum. There is power and at the same time sensitivity and attention to detail. The study of the Apostles' heads points to the relaxation of early Classical severity, which is replaced by the softness and warmth that are the marks of his most personal and finest drawings...

Author: By Lowell J. Rubin, | Title: Intimate View of Rubens | 2/14/1956 | See Source »

...wrong weather is almost a tradition for Winter Olympics. At St. Moritz, in 1928, blinding snowstorms followed by unseasonable warmth almost wrecked the games; Lake Placid in 1932 all but melted in midwinter thaw; at Oslo, 20 years later, warm weather nearly wiped out competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ill-Omened Olympics | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...steers by the stars. An amazing little instrument picks out a succession of stars, even in daytime, and navigates by them like a ship at sea. Unlike the ICBM, the Navaho can be instructed to zigzag and feint. When the Navaho nears its target, it can feel for the warmth of a darkened city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: MISSILE FAMILIES | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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