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...habit of chest beating is not a sign of rage, says Schaller, but part of an elaborate ritual. When fully played out, the display by a grown male begins with soft hoots. Then the male solemnly picks a leaf, puts it in his lips and rises high on his hind legs, hooting faster. He grabs a handful of vegetation and throws it high in the air. He beats his massive chest with both hands, so loud that the drumming can be heard a mile away. While drumming, he kicks one leg in the air and runs sideways, slaps at vegetation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zoology: The Gentle Gorilla | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

Country Corn. When Rawlings took over, General Mills with its Wheaties and Cheerios ranked a distant third be hind Kellogg and Post in ready-to-eat cereals. Rawlings moved the company into "adult" cereals by introducing Country Corn Flakes (flavored with rice), Wheaties Bran with Raisin Flakes, and Total, a high-vitamin cereal. As a result, General Mills has now edged ahead of Post. Rawlings is also driving harder into convenience foods, where General Mills already has a strong bid with Betty Crocker mixes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: General at General Mills | 1/11/1963 | See Source »

Veterans Eddic Meehan and Ed Hamlin paced the cross country team to a dramatic upset victory over a powerful Brown team at Franklin Park yesterday. Hamlin, whose come from be hind second place may have been the key to the 27-29 win, called it "a great victory, one we wanted very badly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cross Country Squad Tops Favored Brown | 10/13/1962 | See Source »

...surprisingly, the film has a big, dumb, dopey, galumphing likability that turns groans to grins. Confronting it, the spectator feels like Samuel Johnson confronting the dog that walked on its hind legs. He is not surprised that the thing is not done well. He is surprised that it is done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Son of Cinerama | 8/24/1962 | See Source »

...details were familiar and ugly. A French officer blown up in his bed. Gendarmes shot through the skull from be hind. Men, women and children indiscriminately murdered by machine guns fired from speeding autos. A Moslem au thor killed by mistake - because someone had spelled a name wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Silence in the Dock | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

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