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LIFE

Front Cover
21 Mar 1955
180 pages
Vol. 38, No. 12
ISSN 0024-3019
Published by Time Inc
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
  

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Contents

Speaking of pictures, which impressionist created these?
10
Dmitri Kessel; 1902-1995, Photography, Artistic
Science tackles radiation peril
32
Nuclear weapons (Testing), Radiation (Physiological effects)
Portrait
36
Edgar Douglas Adrian Adrian (1st Baron); 1889-1977, Eugene I. RABINOWITCH, Gioacchino FAILLA, Hermann Joseph Muller; 1890-1967, Alfred Henry STURTEVANT
What the scientists have to say
36
Federation of American Scientists
In the chaos of chromosomes, a supreme test for medicine
38
Chromosomes
Sheree goes in for Marilyn
65
Sheree North; 1933-.
Stark success
77
Bernard Buffet; 1928-1999
Acting out storybook records
85
Phonograph records (Children's music)
Silk stockings
93
Musicals, revues, etc (Reviews, Single works)
You can't argue with five in a row
101
Cy Feuer, Ernest H. Martin; 1919-1995, Theater (Production and direction)

Storm over Meg's marriage
40
Margaret (Princess, Countess of Snowdon); 1930-2002, Peter Wooldridge TOWNSEND
Why teacher stays poor
42
Legislation (Arkansas), Taxation (Arkansas), Teachers (Salaries)
Best of red world
44
Fairs
Market and its friends
46
Keith Funston (American stock exchange official.); 1910-1992, SecuritiesLaws and regulations, Speculation
Sir Winston goes calling
51
Sir Winston Churchill; 1874-1965, London Zoological Gardens
Germans caricature their chancellor
54
Konrad Adenauer; 1876-1967, Cologne (Germany) (Parades)
Mosaic-it-yourself tables
56
Mosaics, Tables
Rivalry busting out all over
60
Television program reviews
And now Tim has no school
104
Tim BRANHAM, Johns Creek (Ky.)
Day of triumph
113
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
Classy bantams
121
Robert COHEN, Boxers
Big little hero
124
Raul Macias
Legacy to mankind
130
Alexander Fleming; 1881-1955, Penicillin
Irish country people
135
Irish
Projects for sick children
170
Children (Recreation), Sick
Amiable boar in Limoges, France
173
Wild boars

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