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No Smiles. Casino officials were petrified that they would have a lucky streak, win a fortune, and never come back. Huge crowds gathered around the roulette tables. "Girls on the make swarmed around them like bees," said one spectator. "The princes invited two young women to dine with them. After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONACO: Chancing Sheik to Sheik | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

Meanwhile, across the continent in Perth, the capital of Western Australia, buzzes of anguish rose from local apiarists (Bufo marinus, of course, also relishes bees), when several specimens got away from another consignment from Queensland. These Bufos, however, were quickly isolated near Perth Airport, and it remains only for authorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Bufo Plague | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

In Los Angeles, the Big Quake finally happens, sundering the foundations of the giant Hollywood reservoir. In San Francisco, the world's tallest building, a 136-story glass tower, explodes in flames. Vast armies of ants relentlessly eat their way across the great southwest desert. Billions of giant bees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: A Preview of Coming Afflictions | 6/10/1974 | See Source »

At one school, students lie on the floor listening to Beethoven and Wagner, learn math by playing with dice and cards, and stroll the halls in jeans and T shirts. At another, there are spelling bees, reading drills, a strict dress code-and paddlings. The two schools seem so different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Multiple Choice | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

Ursula was to me one woman and every woman...Uterine, ugly, odorous, earthen, vulval, convolvulaceous, saline, mutable, seductive--the words, the qualities kept issuing without cessation from the round and beautiful sound of her name like bees from a hive or little fish from a tube.

Author: By James Gleick, | Title: Waking To Sleep | 4/27/1974 | See Source »

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