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TENNESSEE GAS Transmission Co., nation's longest pipeline system, will go into manufacturing of solid rocket fuels and solid-propellant rocket engines. It is closing deal to swap $6,000,000 worth of stock for control of Grand Central Rocket Co. of Redlands, Calif., which is building third-stage rocket for Vanguard earth-satellite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jan. 27, 1958 | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

...acknowledged by Andrea Palladio (1518-80), a stonemason's son from Vicenza, Italy, who grew up to rule over a whole generation of fellow architects and to recast the classic style of Rome and Greece with such elegance and authority that his Palladian style became one of the longest-lasting and most widely accepted personal idioms in the history of architecture. In an effort to preserve Pal-ladio's work (many of his most beautiful structures were made of common brick and perishable stucco), the Italian government late last year appropriated more than $3,000,000. Highest priority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: GLORY OF PALLADIO | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

Playing with only two day's rest after Tuesday night's record-breaking victory over Northeastern, the Crimson is nevertheless expected to have little difficulty in subduing the Jumbos. A win tonight would give the varsity its longest winning streak in ten years, breaking last year's mark of six straight...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, | Title: Crimson Five to Face Jumbos, Search for Seventh Straight Win | 12/19/1957 | See Source »

Tonight, if the Crimson can keep its mind off its post-Christmas vacation Ivy League duels, it should avenge last year's upset. A win would tie last year's six-game win streak, the longest for the varsity in a decade...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, | Title: Five to Face Huskies | 12/17/1957 | See Source »

...Oklahoma shuddered in an even greyer silence. Out there on the patchwork turf of the University of Oklahoma's stadium, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were doing the undoable. It was bad enough that they had the Sooners beaten, 7-0, that they were breaking the longest winning streak (47 games) in intercollegiate football history. Now, with less than two minutes to go they were firing long, dangerous passes in a bold try for another touchdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Streak Ends | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

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