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When he hits Darwin and mutations, Miner yanks at his front teeth. "The saber-toothed tiger," he says, "was noted for its eyeteeth. They grew and grew, giving the tiger a tremendous bite. They could just WHANG on that prey." He claps his hands together. "But this mutation kept recurring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching: To Profess with a Passion | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

And the laughs come. Lithgow himself plays the Lord Chancellor; on his first entrance he is greeted with claps of recognition which he then goes out of his way to deserve. His leg movements alone are worth the price of admission, which--incidentally--seems awfully high, regardless of the return...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Iolanthe | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

More from habit than necessity, the Democrats made a token effort to woo labor last week. Showing up for the final session of the construction trades union convention, Vice President Humphrey shouted buoyantly to the 4,000 delegates: "We Democrats need the labor movement. The President of the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: Labor's Love Lost | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

Anything electric can be plugged into Sonuswitch. All one has to do to turn it on or off is to clap his hands twice, quickly and sharply. The claps trigger the switch-and presto! Or a dog whistle, provided with the $40 switch, can be blown twice. For Sonuswitch is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Products: A Clap of Light | 10/29/1965 | See Source »

Also Dropouts. Last week the man of the moment was Herman, 16, of Herman's Hermits. An engaging high school dropout who looks like a toy sheep dog, Herman (real name: Peter Noone) smiles a lot, claps his hands over his head, and sticks his finger in his mouth when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: The Sound of the Sixties | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

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