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Dates: during 1920-1929
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At first he tried to subsist for 47 days on sea water, two sips a day, which he stole down the mountain to get. "It contains minerals," he explained. But his stomach had troubled him so he changed to fresh water, carrying heavy stones for penance on a thong about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Solitary | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Now he was very happy, waiting only to die. Could they bring him anything? He declined a two-year supply of food which they carried up to him in tins, but accepted an overcoat. He was getting old, he said, and the nights in his cave were sometimes so cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Solitary | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Twice as big as a horse should be the size of Margaret F. Maclntyre, 23, physiology assistant at Goucher College (Baltimore) if only her rate of breathing were considered. The bigger an animal, the slower it breathes. A rat respires 100 to 200 times a minute, a cat 20 to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Slow Breather | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

She is a healthy young woman, 5 ft. i in. tall, 120 lbs. in weight At athletics she does not lose her breath as quickly as do other girls. She can hold a singing note amazingly long. Physiologically her body gets all the air it needs because, breathing more slowly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Slow Breather | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

At most U. S. colleges there exist two kinds of faculty members: the teaching professors and the research professors. Dear to the heart of the undergraduate is many a teaching professor. Him they afterward remember for what little light and learning they possess, and also for his eccentricities, for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Teacher Snubbed | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

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