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...FEPC was as good as dead and only useful for political tubthumping. From the Republican side Minority Leader Kenneth Wherry crowed: "The Democratic Party again has failed . . . The Democratic Party is split into northern and southern wings and cannot deliver on any of its promises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Tyranny or Blasphemy | 5/29/1950 | See Source »

...bill would double the present benefits, boosting the average individual payment to about $50 a month and setting a family maximum at $150. To pay for the new benefits, employer & employee contributions would be stepped up from 3% of all wages up to $3,600, to 7% by 1970, split evenly between employee & employer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: OLD AGE PENSIONS | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...Precedents. Medicine does not know for certain how joined twins are formed. Most authorities believe that the splitting of an ovum, which would form identical twins, is somehow arrested before the split is complete. Others, pointing out that Siamese twins show marked differences in height and weight, features and temperament, believe that two separate embryos from different ova may join...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Siamese Twins | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

Dartmouth will send an relatively untried freshman lacrosse team against the Yardling ten on the Business School Field today at 3 p.m. The Indians have split their only two games. They overpowered an inexperienced Kimball Union squad, 10 to 4, and in turn were walloped by the powerful Yale freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Ten Will Oppose Untested Dartmouth Team | 5/12/1950 | See Source »

...Shiga, occupied adjoining prison cells for 17 years, used to tap messages to each other through the wall. Since they were freed at war's end, communication between Tokuda and Shiga has grown more difficult. Threes weeks ago it broke down badly in a row that all but split Japan's Communist Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Red Schism | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

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