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Died. Howard Chandler Christy, 79, famed painter of glossy portraits (Presidents Harding and Coolidge, Benito Mussolini) and illustrations (the memorable World War I "Fight or Buy Bonds" posters); of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Once, asked to do a series of paintings showing the evolution of the American girl, whom...
Qatar (pop. 25,000), to the south of Kuwait, marks the next stage of the evolution of a sand-blown sheik into a millionaire. Seventeen years ago, Qatar (rhymes with butter) was no more than a sunburned thumb-120 miles long and 50 wide-sticking out into the Persian Gulf...
While appearing as an expert witness in the 1925 Scopes anti-evolution trial in Dayton, Tennessee, Mather saw "the bigotry of so-called religious men." He has tried to adapt his scientific research with a striving for higher ethical ideals. Writing in the Christian Century, he notes: "No wonder there...
"I believe in evolution rather than revolution," Mather says quietly. "I try to be an ideallist in my aim, and a reallist in my policy."
Tashlin tells the story of the world that was created, "brand-new, bright, and shiny," and the first two people on it, a 20th century man and woman. From here he traces man's evolution to "the Age of Civilization," where all men wear fig leaves and live in the...