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...Ivan's Eden, the watchword is "affection training," as opposed to the old whip-and-fear method. It begins in the nursery, where attendants spend the day fondling the young animals, in keeping with Tors's dictum that "you cannot love without touching." The more dangerous species are stroked on their "affection zones" with long, sponge-tipped "petting sticks," which are gradually reduced in length until an attendant can, for instance, tickle the thorax of a tarantula with his fingers. In "secondary school," the animals are put through an obstacle course in preparation for such script demands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: King of the Beasties | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...seafarers-and unabashed supporters of the Israelis-the British were most impatient to put the plan into operation, even without multilateral backing. One high official, resorting to undiplomatic language, urged "ramming a ship up Nasser's channel." In the upper house of Parliament, Lord Avon-the former Anthony Eden, who resigned as Britain's Foreign Minister in protest against Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement and in 1956 joined France and Israel in the Suez invasion-even raised the specter of Munich. "I do not feel myself back ten years ago-I feel myself very much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: A Test of Patience & Resolve | 6/9/1967 | See Source »

...empty or contain books written only by relatives of the subject." He added: "Miss Frick might as well try to enjoin publication and distribution of the Holy Bible because, being a descendant of Eve, she does not believe that Eve gave Adam the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defamation: Victory for Historians | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

Similarly, about a year ago, Johnny abruptly canned his manager of eight years, Al Bruno. The story is that the intricate sound and tape effects that go with Carson's cabaret act got snarled by a technician three shows running during an engagement at Miami's Eden Roc. Johnny called up New York, says a friend, actually sobbing. "They didn't laugh," he said. Carson blamed Bruno and bought out his contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Midnight Idol | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

...retrospective devoted to the Marx Brothers' comedies. Groucho, 71, now a distinguished man of letters with the publication this month of his correspondence, still looked very much like Hugo Z. Hackenbush or Wolf J. Flywheel when he dropped by for a night in the theater with his wife Eden, his brother Zeppo, 66, and Mrs. Zeppo, Barbara Marx. After watching himself lope through A Day at the Races and A Night at the Opera, Groucho fired up a stogie and remarked: "I didn't realize I was so talented and agile then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 28, 1967 | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

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