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...that burn continuously in the library. Please find out where this fault is and have it remedied at once"). In 1921, thinking he was about to die of pneumonia, he wrote out a complete plan for turning Trinity into a full-fledged university, and just before lapsing into a coma, told his wife: "Put this in an envelope...and see that it gets to J. B. Duke." When he recovered, he kept on with his plan, and soon J. B. found himself doing just as Few had hoped. Cigar in mouth and cane in hand, J. B. picked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: DUKE UNIVERSITY | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...naturally more nervous than dogs in other places. The trouble, says Dr. Stanley Cooper, a busy Hollywood veterinarian, is that movie pets are living under the strain of Cinema-Scope and wide-screen tension. Last week, while waiting for Comic Jerry Lewis' poodle to come out of a coma. Cooper, a kindly, 36-year-old man, explained some of his theories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: An Actor's Best Friend | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

...progress of their newly famed invalids. Most of the Dragon's crew responded to blood transfusion and antibiotics, but Radioman Kuboyama, who reportedly had a medical history of liver trouble, was not so lucky. Early last month, after seemingly recovering only to relapse again, he fell into a coma. Three weeks ago he revived slightly, but last week, as two doctors and his devoted family kept vigil, Aikichi Kuboyama died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATOM: Ashes to Ashes | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

...Very Sick Man." After he testified before the grand jury, Garrett dropped out of the public eye. Then, one day, Garrett's father, Judge Coma Garrett Jr., finally revealed where his son had gone: to John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas for psychiatric care. Said Judge Garrett: his son's physician believed he was a "very sick man mentally." The judge also gave Alabamans the disquieting news that their attorney general had spent two months of his term (August and September 1953) in the Sealy Hospital undergoing mental care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Attorney General | 7/26/1954 | See Source »

...Hanoi and Haiphong. Most of Namdinh's 80,000 people are staying on, awaiting the unknown, manning their shops, thronging a market place bright with aluminum pans, preserving the ritual of their noontide siesta. In the siesta, the calm of Namdinh seems to be the calm of a coma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: Almost All Over | 7/5/1954 | See Source »

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