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...another gypsy (TIME, Jan. 25). For him the ocean and all water, he says, is hell. He spent his six days aboard the Aquitania this autumn lying in his cabin in a pair of red silk pyjamas, trembling lest he should die and be thrown overboard for fish to devour. Ashore he soon becomes the soul of assurance again. He wears grey flannel shirts for formal and informal occasions, usually with a tie he has crocheted himself. But last winter in Washington he went to a reception at the Spanish Embassy in a flannel shirt and no tie. "There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: S. O. S. | 11/7/1932 | See Source »

...another was upon it. The fishermen counted eight sharks. For 15 minutes unnoticed by the battling fish they watched while the water grew red about the boat. Then there was a lull and a moment later the swordfish appeared floating belly up on the surface. Before the sharks could devour it the fishermen drove them oft. hoisted what was left of the carcass into their boat. Minus head and tail it weighed nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Swordfish v. Sharks | 10/17/1932 | See Source »

...horses of the Imperial Guard. Into their stables last week came two Imperial grooms carrying two baskets brightly bedecked with the Imperial colors. By curious Japanese signs they tried to explain to the horses that these were a gift from the Emperor. Then they watched the two horses appreciatively devour their eight pounds of Imperial carrots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Imperial Carrots | 1/25/1932 | See Source »

Cannibals devour them; lions and tigers pounce upon them, claw and maul them to bits. They elbow their way through dense jungles, visiting and converting little pygmies and big black bucks. They fall ill of dread and curious diseases. From home they receive boxes of worn-out dresses, aprons, old hats, old pants for the natives. Chieftains salute them; witch-doctors harry them. Thus, traditionally, missionaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tradissionary | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

...that time unknown to the realm of sports writers, met the big Blue Team. The result of the mouse struggling with the mountain was inevitable: Yale ran up a score of sixty-six points, and, as if adding insult to injury, she sent in three complete teams to devour what was left of the carcass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football For Fun, Not Fame | 11/10/1931 | See Source »

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