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Iraq. "Cyclops" means "Round-Eye." The Cyclops of Greek myth was a giant with a single monstrous eye centred in his forehead, who sank ships by throwing boulders at them. Heading another Oriental Institute expedition to Tell Osmar, Dr. Henri Frankfort found evidence that Cyclops was not a Greek invention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

"Greatest Race." Finns regularly win Olympic races at 3,000 metres or more. Last week three solemn Finns named Vol-mari Iso-Hollo, Gunnar Hoeckert and IImari Salminen won their specialties, the 3,000-metre steeplechase, the 5,000 and the 10,000-metre runs. With U. S. victories in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Olympic Games (Cont'd) | 8/17/1936 | See Source »

That was not a definite recommendation, however. SEC's proposals centred on the indenture, urging such elementary requirements as liability for failure to record mortgages, notify bondholders of defaults or prevent illegal substitutions of collateral. By setting higher legal standards for trustees and forbidding exculpatory (hedge) clauses in indentures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Trustees Reformed? | 6/29/1936 | See Source »

Peace came as a letdown for Smuts. For a while he was simply an embittered veteran. Then the Liberals came into office in England and gave back self-government to the Boers, only four years after the war ended. Smuts was struck all of a heap. "Has such a miracle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Big Boer | 5/25/1936 | See Source »

"It's just the old sex bogey dressed up in new clothes again. If there's too much sex in the world we didn't put it there. It started in the Garden of Eden. As a matter of fact we're trying to get the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Damage & Defense | 5/25/1936 | See Source »

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