Word: crawliest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like the overturning of a deeply embedded rock, the Profumo scandal caused a frantic scurrying of a great many odd human insects. One of the crawliest figures to emerge was that of Peter Rachman, who may, or may not, be dead. Last week press and Parliament were abuzz with his sordid story...
BEETLES, by Ewald Reitter (205 pp.; Putnam; $20). The season's most beautifully photographed gift book is also the crawliest, and while there are doubtless many givees who will not be able to put it down, there are a good many more who will not be able to pick it up. But for amateur entomologists who can agree with the author that the Xixuthrus Heros Heer, a 5-in. pincher from the Fiji Islands, is handsome, the book could not be better...
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