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...Marlowe has made it work for him, shows through this feverish medium a story distorted into real horror. One reason why such gruesome tales as Dracula are still traditional is because the old-fashioned paraphernalia have not been improved on. Author Marlowe shows a new way to make flesh creep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Surrealist Susurri | 2/25/1935 | See Source »

...reads the Boston papers at all, it is well to read more than one of them. Because somewhere between or among the reports of the day's news as set forth in their respective columns, the actual facts of an event are apt to creep in. Differences of editorial policy are common and acknowledged, yet it is not often that one is treated to such marvelously varied front-page "interpretations" of the same news story...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POETIC LICENSE | 12/3/1934 | See Source »

...CREEP SHADOW ! - A. Merritt - Crime Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Nov. 19, 1934 | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

...normal baby acts in a variety of situations, uniformly created for each child and for the same child at successive periods. What does a baby do when he is lying on his belly, on his back? How fast does he master the sitting posture, learn to creep, to crawl? What are the exact mechanics of his methods of locomotion? How well, at successive ages, can he stand (with help), climb stairs (with help)? What does he do when tempted by toy "lures" beyond his reach? The cameras ground away, and in the Atlas every movement of hands, arms, legs, feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Babies | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

...Prince and Princess put off their U. S. tour four months, they would have found the height of the Washington Monument unchanged but its appearance vastly improved. Last week a vine of steel scaffolding began to creep up the shaft's sides. When the scaffolding reaches the top workmen will scramble up, remove dirt, soot, dust, fill in chinks, bathe the entire monument in soap and water until it looks as clean as it did on Dec. 6, 1884 when its aluminum tip was finally set into place. Cost of the monument's first bath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: First Bath | 9/3/1934 | See Source »

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