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Cleopatra. Every dollar of the $40 million spent on this epic-to-end-all-epics is dazzlingly apparent in the tons of gold leaf, typhoons of pink smoke, and wilderness of bosoms that assault the beholder. But the world's most expensive star. Elizabeth Taylor, plays Cleo as if she were doing a fancy-dress dream sequence from Butterfield 8. Richard Burton is all too realistic as Antony-the man who sold himself down the Nile for a sex symbol...
Away with Tension. The famous gorilla 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...
...chickens, dogs and goats (protected under Schweitzer's "reverence for life" mystique by which no living thing should be unnecessarily disturbed) roam at will, adding freely to the surrounding filth. When a patient dies and his body is unclaimed, it is wrapped in a fern-and-palm-leaf shroud, laid in a wooden box, and buried in the bush...
Behind 2-0 Yale spent the rest of the half tying the score. Attackman Sam Gwin scored first and another Bulldog shot got past goalie Gil Leaf at 9:46 of the second period. A Lou Williams quick-stick made it 3-2 Harvard, but the persistent Elis evened the score to end the half...
Harvard lost its temper in the closing moments, and a virtual parade of Crimson players to the penalty box and the Bulldogs' final goal were the immediate results. Goalie Leaf finished his rainy afternoon with 23 saves...