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Defeating Disease The discovery of a polio vaccine in 1954 was seen as the medical miracle of its time. But now some experts wonder if science has run out of miracles. Margaret Mead 's pioneering studies of primitive cultures brought her scientific acclaim. But her influence extended far beyond the field of social anthropology. More Profiles: Marlon Brando Ralph Ellison David Ben-Gurion Howard Hughes Gen. George Marshall Mao Tse-tung Gen. Douglas MacArthur Margaret Mead Eva Peron The Rosenbergs

India's Turmoil   Tupperware   Leg Up What was the top U.S. tax rate in 1950? What world figure won the 1953 Nobel Prize for literature? Take the quiz! The dangers of atomic war are overrated. It would be hard on little, concentrated countries like England. In the United States we have lots of space. -- Col. Robert Rutherford McCormick Publisher of the Chicago Tribune February 1950