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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Americans who were killed in Greece's 1821-29 war for independence from the Ottoman Empire. At the Parliament Building, the royal guard of evzones, in their familiar red fezzes and frilled skirts, were drawn up to watch Ike lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Pages of History | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

...that it is unusually rich in potassium, and he rates this as the element most important in stimulating growth. In cold fact, even apple-cider vinegar (in the amounts he prescribes) is decidedly poor in potassium. And although this element is essential to life, its relationship to growth is unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bestseller Revisited, Dec. 28, 1959 | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

Black Orpheus (French). Director Marcel Camus (no kin to Novelist-Playwright Albert) has fashioned an impressive, poetic film from an adaptation of the Orpheus legend. The unknown Negro cast, the graceful transformation of the original, and the breathtaking image presented of life as a tropical carnival earned it the 1959 Grand Prix at Cannes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA,TELEVISION,THEATER,BOOKS: Time Listings, Dec. 28, 1959 | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

Black Orpheus (French). Director Marcel Camus (no kin to Novelist-Playwright Albert) has fashioned an impressive, wildly poetic film from a Brazilian poet's adaptation of the Orpheus legend. The unknown but graceful cast, and the breathtaking image presented of Negro life during a tropical carnival earned it the 1959 Grand Prix at Cannes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Although the Lichtenberg Reader is but an introduction to this immensely interesting character, it should stimulate a new regard for Lichtenberg as a representative of an unknown side of German literature...

Author: By Walter S. Rowland, | Title: George Lichtenberg: the Master Of Aphorism Links Wit, Insight | 12/17/1959 | See Source »

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