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Yielding to pressure from Professors Galbraith and Schlesinger, the Corporation decides to give out degrees only to Democrats. "We want to even the series," explains one members, "but since the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat, all our awards are posthumous." Other awards go to Edward de Vere, 17th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tea Leaves and Taurus | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

Against the background of swollen costs and intensifying foreign competition, the steel industry, led by U.S. Steel's Board Chairman Roger Blough, decided to take a stand on two propositions in this year's contract negotiations with the United Steelworkers: 1) increases in wages and fringe benefits must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Behind the Fog | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Will the general succeed in this nefarious scheme? Will Evil Eye Fleagle (Al Nesor) perpetrate a Triple Whammy on po' Li'l Abner? Will Appassionata von Climax (Stella Stevens) catch him in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day Race? Will Li'l Abner ackchelly have to (sob!) marry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Bondi, are backers of the theory of continuous creation, which holds that matter is still being created. The newly created matter is generally believed to appear throughout space in the form of hydrogen atoms (one proton and one electron each), but Gold and Hoyle now think it may first appear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hot Universe | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

When the Treasury auctioned off its latest weekly offering of 91-day bills, the interest rate averaged 4.166%. On six-month bills, the rate hit a record high of 4.796%. Meanwhile, the yields on already issued Government bonds soared to new highs. Their prices had dropped so much that nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Placing the Blame | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

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