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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...question was carefully phrased. Had Alger Hiss or his wife ever turned over any Government documents to Whittaker Chambers? In a hushed room in New York's federal courthouse, Alger Hiss, onetime State Department official, listened to the question. Outside, a wet snow was falling on the city. Hiss, the man with the impeccable background, answered: "Never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Accused | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

...first X-ray pictures ever made had nothing to do with pure science. In 1895, German Physicist Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen made an X-ray photograph of his wife's hand, to make her appreciate the work he was doing and forgive him for having slighted her cooking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Skeleton's Calling Card | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...Mark's, raised at St. Mark's, educated at St. Mark's, and after four years at Princeton and one at Yale, had returned to St. Mark's as a teacher. He was William Wyatt Barber Jr., a squirish, 39-year-old gentleman with a wife named Peg and a dog named Thor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pedigrees & Principles | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...general debate. "Have you had your daily dose of catastrophes, crises and cynicism?" it asked, and went on for eight pages to tell such news as "50,000 Arabs Live Peacefully in Israel! . . . Better Drinking Water for Pennsylvania . . . Soviets Thank Quakers . . . FAO Hunger Fighters Take to the Offensive ... Wife Joins Husband in Jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Press, Dec. 20, 1948 | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...Harper's team is his wife Virginia, whom he met while she was a clerical worker at the agency, and married in 1942. She is now assistant director of McCann-Erickson's copy research department. Having no children, Mr. & Mrs. Harper sometimes stay at the office until 2 a.m., working together. Says Mrs. Harper: "I think he's quite bright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Hurry-Up Man | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

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