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...COLLECTOR. Director William Wyler's grisly, gripping thriller adapted from the bestseller by John Fowles-about a lunatic butterfly fancier (Terence Stamp) who collects a lovely, live girl (Samantha Eggar) and locks her in a dungeon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 16, 1965 | 7/16/1965 | See Source »

...century ago, but he showed uncanny prescience when he picked carbolic acid for the germ-killing spray in his operating rooms. Temple University's Dr. Mor ton Klein has been comparing germi cides, and reports that Lister's phenol, or carbolic acid, is as potent as the fancier formulations of modern chem istry against most viruses; it is actually more potent against some of the small est viruses, which cause many respira tory diseases and polio. Also potent are sodium hypochlorite and near-pure al cohol. Restaurants and hospitals, sug gests Dr. Klein, should have their de tergents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virology: Chemicals for Killing | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

Most of the foreign carriers are still convinced that movie benefits do not match their costs, will try to compete in other ways. Some U.S. airlines expect them to offer fancier food, free champagne and theater tickets. Had the I.A.T.A. ban been approved, U.S. domestic carriers, four of which now have movies and music, might well have gone along. As things now stand, they will almost certainly continue showing films in flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: Victory for Movies | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

...FERRET FANCIER by Anthony C. West. 256 pages. Simon & Schuster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Also Current: Apr. 9, 1965 | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

...lamps in every yard with King Arthur-style spears on top of them-producing what the developer calls a "soft community atmosphere." With the new demand, suppliers are offering a variety of styles. Beverly Hills' gaslight is currently running to flaming torches-preferably crossed. An even fancier idea is to run a gas pipe up nearly to the surface of a decorative pool so that a jet of flame seems to be burning right on the water. The Houston Natural Gas Corp. has sold 30,425 of the new-old outdoor lamps -taking ads to proclaim that ladies look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fads: A New-Old Era | 11/20/1964 | See Source »

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