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Seismic Rumble. A tireless field man himself, Perkins accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on an expedition to hunt down the Abominable Snowman in the Himalayas, returned with the disappointing news that the big tracks had been made by foxes and other small animals, whose imprints subsequently melted into scary giant forms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Fang & Fin Hour | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

Monster Love. To Françe, Picasso seemed like one of his recurrent mythological figures-the minotaur. Painfully aware of his bandy legs and his small stature, Picasso believed that he could be loved only because he was a monster. "God is really only another artist," Picasso told Franç...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mistress to a Monument | 11/20/1964 | See Source »

According to Yale legend, a scholarship to that school awaits any son of an Indian maharajah who cannot afford his own elephant to carry him about the campus. Eccentrically conditioned scholarships, though deplored by colleges, open some novel opportunities at this time of year, when the only thing harder than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scholarships: With Strings | 11/13/1964 | See Source »

If the corn gets as high as an elephant's eye, Oklahomans can thank their Senate candidates: Republican Charles ("Bud") Wilkinson, 48, and Democrat Fred Harris, 33.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Basic Bud | 10/9/1964 | See Source »

As Barry traveled through the South, two breaks went his way. South Carolina's Senator J. Strom Thurmond, the Dixiecrat candidate for President in 1948, formally severed his ties to the Democratic Party, announced that he was joining the Republican Party and would campaign for Goldwater. When Barry arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Marching Through Dixie | 9/25/1964 | See Source »

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