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Commissioner Anslinger documented his report with details supplied by the bureau network of undercover agents abroad. He named Red China's new dope factories and brands (Camel, Race Horse, Red Lion, etc.). He outlined the smuggling system, from camelback to air transport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Dope from Red China | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

...they were made at all, across continents and centuries. Science aside, who would want to miss the 12th century hedgehog model that "provides itself with double breathing holes, so that, when it suspects the north wind is going to blow, it can shut up the northern one"? Or the camel which, when sold to a stranger, falls ill in disgust over the price? Animals may not be what the bestiary says they are, but obviously they ought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: As They Ought to Be | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

...prove the task impossible. Even Lawrence's claim to have ridden camelback at the pace of 100 miles a day comes to earth in an avalanche of maps and routes remeasured; not content with that, the debunker goes on to cite facts indicating that Lawrence was not a camel rider anyway and always preferred to cross the desert on foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Autopsy of a Hero | 2/14/1955 | See Source »

...always delighted to have her picture taken with the district's top salesman. Even Veteran Rex Marshall, who does commercials for four sponsors each week, is trying hard to adjust to the trend by wearing four different hats as the occasion requires. "When I do a show for Camel News Caravan, I'm a Camel man.'' he says stoutly. "And I feel the same way about the others (Reynolds aluminum. Dodge. Maxwell House) when I work for them.'' But what the sponsors increasingly crave is a man like Ed Sullivan, who has given blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Death of the Salesman? | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...their surprise ingenuine when success rather quickly camel in 1948. Enders was to note at a later date. "We were quite surprised and very pleased that it worked." Weller expanded upon the workings of science...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: University Scientists Will Receive Noble Prizes | 12/10/1954 | See Source »

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