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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Plan E alliance has given Cambridge some of the best local government in the state. But in the never-ending pursuit of progress, the CCA may occasionally forget that many of its programs stand to impose upon people values and ways of life they would prefer to reject, an imposition that could have serious consequences...

Author: By Howard L. White, | Title: Current Campaign Lacks Clear Cut Issues | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

...dare you! On the official seal, it's "Iowa State University of Science and Technology." Some prefer "Not-the-Football-One, ' others "Moo U." But "Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Ar s [Oct. 5]?" Man, that's gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 26, 1959 | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...amateur boxer, like to throw their own fists in the closeups, but directors are leary of such heroics. So far in 51 scraps, Stevens has had only one accident-a torn fingernail. Darren (Mike Hammer) McGavin has also had only one accident: a broken rib. Still, the producers prefer the standard technique of organizing camera angles so that stunt men can take over. (The stunt men get paid well; they can afford an occasional puffed lip.) The heroes must survive, pressed, currycombed and unscrambled.' for next week's case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: These Gunns for Hire | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...language, as L'Express put it a month ago. The parliamentary vote of confidence last week reflected more expediency than conviction; the Deputies knew that the President could and would dissolve the Chamber if he met defeat. The so-called "Gaullists," right up to Premier Michel Debre, generally prefer continued strong prosecution of the war and eventual "integration...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Pipeline to Paris | 10/20/1959 | See Source »

Politics Bypassed. On the threshold of the presidential election year, Nixon has some well formulated plans. For as long as he can, he would like to appear before the voters, not as an active, partisan candidate, but rather as Vice President of all the U.S. He would even prefer not to announce his candidacy during the early-bird New Hampshire primary next March, but he may be forced to if New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller files against him. Until then, Nixon will continue to project himself as a national leader who has dealt and can continue to deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: The High Road | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

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