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Edward Teller, chief architect of the H-bomb . . . . . . . . . . . . Sc.D...
Eden is impatient to take over as Prime Minister himself. An Asian settlement would let Churchill out and himself in. And as architect of the settlement, Eden would enter 10 Downing Street bathed in glory. The outside world has a mistaken image of Eden. It tends to think of him as the courageous anti-appeaser of the Munich days, who resigned rather than go along with Chamberlain's policy. But the truth is that he resigned only under pressure from his Under Secretary, the present Lord Salisbury. At the time, there was growing popular opposition to appeasement policies...
This week, in the year commemorating the arrival of the first group of Jewish families in America 300 years ago,* the Beth Sholom Congregation in Philadelphia announced that U.S. Judaism was hoping to close the gap. It had commissioned Architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design a synagogue which would "wed the American spirit to the ancient spirit of Israel." Wright's synagogue began as a gleam in the pastoral eye of Mortimer J. Cohen, rabbi of the Beth Sholom Congregation...
...first course will deal with the history or urban design. It is a based on the culture of cities and the development of urban design as an expression of social and aesthetic conditions. Visiting Professor Sigfried Giedion, author of "Space, Time and Architect," will lecture...
Animals have been artists for millions of years, says Lancaster, although "their theories remain sealed in [their] little minds." The spider, for example, "is a marvelous craftsman . . . The common orb web is a triumph of symmetry and artistry." Then there is the ant, a master organizer, engineer and architect, and the termite, whose elaborate constructions make use of "scientific exposures to light and air, air ducts and airconditioning, concrete walls, roofs and gutters for shedding rain...