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...pale orb rose over the Quad, broomsticks mysteriously appeared in the bicycle racks outside of Barnard. An unidentified body was found hanging from the Moors tower. Eight feet of anthropoid shredded newspaper stole through Cabot's main floor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mysterious Goblins Disturb Yard, Quad | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

There may be anthropoid apes in Venezuela, Ley says optimistically, and little furry men in Africa. Ley admits that the dodo, most extinct of birds, is gone for good-and so is the great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Romantic Zoologist | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

Besides the Calhoun brothers and manager Bob Bennett, the anthropoid half of the polo team involves Emil Van Peborgh--who earned his spurs on Argentine fields--Amory Houghton, Dusty Howland, Stu Bennett, and Tim White. Van Peborgh, captain Calhoun, and Howland comprise the usual starting three. All of the present squad will be back next year, booted and spurred...

Author: By Aloysius B. Mccabe, | Title: Crimson Sports | 5/25/1948 | See Source »

...take advantage of man, the up-&-coming anthropoid, who gathers more food than he needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: How to Outlive the Human Race | 3/29/1948 | See Source »

...Park's star of stars is a gorilla named Bushman. Recently, the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums proclaimed Bushman "the most outstanding and most valuable single animal of its kind in any zoo in the world." Worth about $100,000, Bushman is a magnificent, 520-lb. anthropoid, 6 ft. 2 in. tall, with an arm spread of nearly twelve feet. At 19, he is in his black prime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANIMALS: By the Lake | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

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