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Nature Lesson. In Los Angeles, Harold Bellis told a divorce court that when he accused wife Sonya of promiscuity, she retorted:. "The birds and bees do it, and I'm going to do it, too."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 25, 1947 | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

Sweet Revenge. In Schenectady, a bar fly, refused a drink for being too deep in his cups, staggered furiously out of Wahl's Grill, returned a few minutes later, plunked a hive full of honey bees on the bar.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 28, 1947 | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

Bees & Ants. The next day he began thinking of his knife, out of reach in the car. He wondered if he could cut off his arm. He picked up a sliver of glass, cut himself with it, and then stopped, suddenly afraid that he might bleed to death. He decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Five Days | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

After that things became hazy. The nights were always cold. He chewed two sticks of gum a day. Sometimes he did not yell for hours. Ants crawled on his puffed, meaty hand, and bees hovered anxiously over it. His tongue grew puffy and his lips thickened and he ran a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Five Days | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

Facts & Contradictions. Hoover's testimony limned a desperate situation. England's crops had been badly damaged by spring floods. Much of Europe's winter wheat had been destroyed by Europe's winter. He described some shocking contradictions in policy. Europe's soil was exhausted. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: The Greater Danger | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

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