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...Shatterhand slithered down a sheer rock wall and, armed only with moral courage, set out to defeat Brave Buffalo, chief of the Shoshone. In the end, it was no surprise that Old Shatterhand had triumphed again, and no surprise that the leader of the bad guys fell into a geyser and was parboiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cowboys Abroad: Schnell on the Draw | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...water on the stove. Dad sinks blissfully into stolen snooze. "Wake up!" squeals his darling daughter, knocking on his head with her knuckles-hard. "Ah, c'mon!" Mum squalls at the baby. "Yer not tryin'." Dad weaves toward the bathroom, battles an ancient geyser for five minutes, achieves a pathetic dribble of tepid water, starts to shave. "Breakfast!" Dad slumps groggily over his coffee. "Now don't be late, dear." Dad rises wearily, kisses his daughter goodbye. She draws back as if from a leper. "You've got bad breath!" Is it any wonder that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Barmy in the Back Stacks | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

...passengers aboard an Albany-bound plane that took off immediately after the 707 saw the horrifying scene. "It happened as if something reached up from the earth, grabbed its nose and pulled it down," said Businessman Joseph F. Farano. The jet exploded, sending a geyser of water 200 feet into the air, followed by a plume of funereally black smoke. A minute after the crash, it lay like a giant, shattered fish just beneath the transparent waters of the bay, with scattered debris and flakes of aluminum skin glinting on the tufts of marshland. The only signs of life were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: Tragedy in Jamaica Bay | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

Menon is a leader of the U.N. at tack on "imperialism," but the mere hint of self-determination for the disputed northern Indian province of Kashmir, which is claimed by Pakistan, brings forth a geyser of indignant oratory. In January 1957 he defended India's right to Kashmir with the longest speech in U.N. history-7 hr. 48 min. Blithely Menon also ignores Russia's satellite colonialism. Questioned about East Germany's fetters, he answered: "Self-determination can't be applied in such a way as to be impractical." Indian critics say that in his post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: MENON'S WAR | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

...thing to do in Yellowstone Is to leave the grizzly bears alone, Find a geyser, watch it spout, Express surprise, and drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 21, 1961 | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

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