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...soon, perhaps late in April, the U.S. Air Force plans to test-fire its first intercontinental ballistic missile, the Atlas. Known to its keepers as "the Bird," Atlas presses evenly, inevitably, inexorably, upon the visible pattern of U.S. defense, industry and life, including Southern motels (see cut). For the story of the man, Air Force Major General Ben A. Schriever, who has the responsibility of developing the ICBM as an operational weapon, see NATIONAL AFFAIRS, The Bird & the Watcher...
...large-corporation policy of "good citizenship and good behavior" has replaced the money-grabbing "hard business" pattern of the 1930's, Carl Kaysen, associate professor of Economics, stated last night...
...chambers to communicate. The aorta may override (straddle) both right and left ventricles. The neck (infundibulum) of the right ventricle may be narrowed, retarding movement of blood to the lungs. In the most famed of all congenital defects, Pallet's tetralogy, the blue baby has an amazingly consistent pattern of four anomalies combined: overriding aorta, a hole between the ventricles, narrowing of the pulmonary valve or infundibulum (or both), and a greatly enlarged right ventricle...
...I.B.C. still has its appeal, but Ryan's ruling fell inexorably into a fast-forming pattern of legal reasoning that portends basic changes in the structure of big-time sport. Only the week before, the Supreme Court had decided that professional football is subject to antitrust laws (TIME, March 11) and suggested that even big-league baseball is no longer immune...
...Shaw's immortal philosopher. Instead, he is an ageing man who, even though as the son of an angel he possesses the power to charm all woman, has never found a single woman he could love. The play shows his last attempt to find love, and its pattern is the tragedy of hope in the face of certain defeat...