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...Windshield Wipers? The bland attitude gave priceless mileage to the Administration's Democratic critics. Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, already planning a full-scale investigation of the Administration's missile policy, said bitterly in an Austin, Texas speech: "The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads. Later−when men moved to the sea−the British Empire was dominant because it had ships. In the air age, we were powerful because we had airplanes. Now the Communists have established a foothold in outer space. It is not very reassuring to be told that next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Orderly Formula | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...section, best woman entrant, best Queensland entrant), Geordie Anderson took time out to go home, do her washing, and check up on her daughters' housekeeping. Refreshed by a nap, she whipped through Canberra so fast that she was picked up for speeding. But apart from a damaged windshield, her Jag was still in good condition. Geordie finished far up in the overall standings (behind five Volkswagens), easily earned her three prizes, and went home with $1,215 plus assorted trophies, including an electric razor and a supply of stockings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Trial by Trouble | 9/16/1957 | See Source »

Texas is not without its farming operators. Down around Corpus Christi they are known as "windshield" farmers; they live in town, and about the only time they ever see the old home place is when they drive by on the way to the airport, where they take off for New York City or Paris, where they buy booze and Cézannes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 9, 1957 | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

...Russian car, the Zil, will go into production soon to replace the Packard-like Zis as the Reds' top luxury model. Billed as an all-Red design, the seven-passenger Zil still owes plenty to Detroit: two-tone colors, wrap-around windshield and bumpers, automatic shift. The price, though, is strictly Russian: 70,000 rubles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: From Zis to Zil | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

Bill of Particulars. In Tucson. Ariz., police traveling 65 to 100 mph were outdistanced but finally caught Speedster Delos Kebler Knox Jr., by trapping him in a roadblock, promptly impounded his ex-1948 Ford on the ground that it had 1) no body, 2) no windshield, 3) no floor boards, 4) steering wheel sawed in half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 22, 1957 | 7/22/1957 | See Source »

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