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...pleasantly unreal sort that makes Poe's horror stories entertaining. As might have been expected, there was an atomic-bomb picture-an explosion in a surrealist stew cooked up by Mrs. Annabel Berry of Dallas. The fanciest fantasy in the show was a Captive Amazonian Albino, painted by M. Lewis Croissant, a Missouri engineer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Escape | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

Everything is reduced except "Harvey Harvard," a monstrous sized albino rabbit whose extraordinary dimensions frighten all but the hardiest "pupil" who might feel inclined toward biological experiments and reflex testing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Watches Out for Junior | 11/8/1947 | See Source »

There was news aplenty for the sports fans. In San Francisco an enterprising rat fancier was busily training some 80 albino rats, their tails dyed distinguishing hues, to run races in a specially designed treadmill. "I just put 'em on the wheel and poke 'em," he said. "They get the idea pretty fast." In France, Britain's pigeon fanciers let loose some 4,000 prize birds in the France-to-England Grand National and Northeast Lancashire classics. Only 50% of the birds returned to England, but pigeon racers are philosophical about their hobby. What with the heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORA & FAUNA: A Look at the Paper | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...never said that the Albino limerick [TIME, March 4] is or ever was my favorite. I only said that it is a better limerick than the Pelican-which isn't saying much. I never esteemed either of them. But, having been pursued by the darned bird for 40 years as Mr. Coleridge's old sailor was by the albatross, I am certainly entitled to have it and the other one appear no worse than they are. And your version of the Albino appears worse than anything I have seen-which is saying a great deal. It really goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 1, 1946 | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

Lives a beautiful female albino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 1, 1946 | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

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