Word: wonderers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Coaches and rival quarterbacks were viewing Frankie Albert with increasing wonder and alarm. Was he five years ahead of his time, or 50 years behind it? As signal-caller for San Francisco's unbeaten (pro) 49ers, he frequently violates football's ABCs by passing on fourth down, deep inside his own territory, instead of kicking. Because Frankie makes it work, other pro quarterbacks are trying it.* His theory: "As long as you have the ball you can make touchdowns...
Five-year-old streptomycin, like others of the "wonder drugs," has its drawbacks (TIME, March 1). Among its worst effects (which may pass or may be permanent) are dizziness, deafness, and damage to the kidneys. But streptomycin has been the best drug doctors have found for treating tuberculosis. The problem has been to make it safer...
Then came another wonder. A small, light press printed text and pictures at 1,200 feet of paper a minute without any fluid ink or rollers. Said one publisher: "This looks like the beginning of a revolution...
Psychiatry has no wonder drugs or surgery (though it is trying both drugs and surgery - notably, operations on particular parts of the brain). Psychiatrists do not think that they have all the answers, but they believe that their techniques of healing, still very largely in the experimental stage, have had some extraordinary results. They are not always sure just how or why their techniques work, but so long as the patient gets better, they are content to plug away at the techniques and let the theories wait. Psychiatrists use great doses of good will, some guesswork, and a few tricks...
Paramount Pictures' Paul Raibourn. who has made his studio a TV pioneer, sounded optimistic about the movies' future. But he gave the new living-room wonder its due. His own research staff had reported that a new television set in the home not only does away with radio listening while it is on,* but also cuts 20% to 30% off such leisure pursuits as driving, reading-and moviegoing...