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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dirt & Deadlines. But up the capital went. In June 1958, Kubitschek spent a weekend in his Palace of the Dawn (called "Niemeyer's cardiogram" by critics because of its leaping concrete pillars-see color). Pinheiro tacked signs marking the completion date on every building; ten-story ministries rose in 45, 36, even 28 days. More than 5,000 miles of road, most of it straight as a pencil, stretched out to São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, and even across the jungle to Belém at the mouth of the Amazon. Morbidly afraid of dark rooms, elevators...
...Premier Adrian Menderes and the Soviet Union's Nikita Khrushchev last week accepted reciprocal invitations for official visits. But then, everybody's visiting everybody these days. Menderes will toddle up to Moscow some time in July; Khrushchev will soar down to Ankara at a later date...
...longest test to date of life-sustaining equipment for spacemen, Stapp's Aeromedical Laboratory sealed Metzger away for seven days and nights. Using only as much power as solar batteries would provide, the experiment tested water-disposal and odor-removal systerr other devices ranging from a thermoelectric refrigerator to a tiny oven built to heat toothpaste-type tubes of mashed potatoes, vegetables and turkey...
...summary of the findings to date, written by Douglas in the form of a "Memo from a Minister's Wife," the typical MW tells the congregation: "Please realize that my husband's vocation does not automatically make me an inspirational speaker, or confident group leader, or talented singer, or piano player, or even church schoolteacher...
...Tenth Man. Playwright Paddy Chayefsky, in his best work to date, cures two young Jewish people's mental illness with ancient rites, setting off an explosion of faith in a synagogue full of unbelievers...