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A Soviet dignitary returned from Copenhagen and reported that economic conditions were very bad in Denmark. Surprised, one listener pointed out that Danish store windows were full of goods. "Oh. yes," conceded the Communist, "but the Danish people have no money to buy. There were no lines in front of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: SOVIET JOKES | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Many an unprepared radio listener must have wondered one night this week if he had inadvertently tuned in the private wave length of the vice squad. "I have accounts with manufacturers." a girl was saying in a nasal, defensive tone. "The manufacturer himself calls me directly. I get in contact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Call Girls on Tape | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

Looking back on yesterday's concert, only one slight complaint can possibly arise, and that has to do with the spacing of the numbers. The listener is caught, during the intervals, in a veritable frenzy of despair that the previous number was the last, and listeners have been known to...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: The Lowell House Bells | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

Radio listeners, both professional and ham, sometimes hear signals that sound as if they came from a satellite. When they check, they find that no satellite was near them. Such signals need not originate in an unannounced Russian satellite or spaceship departing for Mars. According to Owen Garriott of Stanford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Those Ghost Satellites | 12/22/1958 | See Source »

Rich Without Reediness. Harold played Vivaldi's Concerto in D Minor; Ralph played Handel's Concerto in G Minor. To a casual listener endowed with the gift of being in two places at once it would have been impossible to distinguish between the brothers' styles (the Gombergs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Oboe Brothers | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

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