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...years, others having come to us for past cover stories on Architects Eero Saarinen and Edward D. Stone, both written by Cranston Jones, and honorable mention for excellence of our architectural coverage. TIME prints more stories and more pictures about architecture than any other general magazine, believing in the impact and interest of good design and wishing there was more...
Under the first impact of the mutiny of the generals in Algiers, even Charles de Gaulle's iron composure seemed momentarily to waver. But in four perilous days, the 70-year-old De Gaulle re-established his imposing authority. France was left badly shaken, but with a sense that long-lived rancors had been purged. Stubborn and proud, De Gaulle once again proved himself the greatest Frenchman of modern times...
...principle of the heart's "kick" is as simple as the thrust of a rocket: with each beat, blood rushes upward and strikes the aortic arch (where the great artery curves downward). The impact is great enough to give the whole body an upthrust. Almost simultaneously, acceleration of the blood directed downward by the aortic arch adds to the upthrust. When the descending blood slows down, there is a rebound effect which gives the body a downthrust, about half as intense as the earlier upthrust...
...impact of the recession that everyone hopes is passing plainly showed in first-quarter earnings, which began to come out last week. The overall average decline for 174 of the first companies reporting was 13.2% from the year-ago period; almost every major industry, except possibly cosmetics, felt the pinch. But with the U.S. economy clearly on the way to recovery, most businessmen were confident that sales and earnings would improve in the next quarter...
...Country. This study of Sigmund Freud and his famous patient Elizabeth von Ritter, although somewhat broken in impact, provides an often vibrant blend of theater and truth. The play offers a vital portrait of Freud, ably acted by Steven Hill, and a crucial delineation of Elizabeth, intelligently played by Kim Stanley...