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...only my generation had had gay-straight support groups back in the 1950s, when I was a lonely teen who thought of myself as a disgusting, repulsive pervert! But there is still so much more to be done...
Mike Wallace, 87, honed his style in the 1950s on Night Beat, where the host, cigarette smoke swirling in the air, grilled the guest on a dimly lit set. In 1968, he joined a new show called 60 Minutes, and helped change TV journalism forever. He met with TIME's Jim Kelly to talk about his new book, Between You and Me, his interview style and his epitaph...
...best encapsulated in his hilariously disturbing “McSweeney’s” issue title page cover: A silver screen starlet embraces a creature covered in sores while a nuclear mushroom cloud explodes in the background. His work borrows heavily from the pulpy comics of the 1950s but combines the familiar elements with overwhelmingly vivid ink drawings...
...risks of water fluoridation are hotly debated, quantifying its benefits is also tricky. In the 1950s, advocates claimed a 60% drop in cavities. But with the spread of fluoride toothpastes and the use of plastic sealants by dentists, decay has plummeted even in regions where there is little or no fluoride in the water. A 2001 CDC study found that by the time they were 12, kids in fluoridated communities averaged only 1.4 fewer cavities than those in non-fluoridated areas. And even in fluoridated cities, severe decay remains rampant among the poor--partly because some 85% of dentists, according...
What makes this phenomenon intriguing is that its subtly yet substantially regressive nature is masked by a veneer of progressiveness. Unlike those of the 1950s, today’s women are not forced to play any traditional female roles. Because of this, some might argue that the gender revolution has pushed through a full cycle: young women like Anne are now assuming the roles their grandmothers once filled, not by default but as a deliberate choice...