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Later, in the sweet last light of the afternoon, a lion prowls in lion- colored grasses and vanishes into the perfect camouflage -- setting off for the hunt, alert, indolent and somehow abstracted, as cats are. A rhinoceros disappears: the eye loses it among gray boulders and thorn trees. The rhino becomes a boulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...government forbids long hair and warrior business and lion hunting, but it is a huge country, and sometimes the government can manage to be only wistfully authoritarian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...warriors was asked, "Is it easier to kill a man or a lion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...trailing 66-47 with 7:47 remaining, Columbia ran off 11 straight points to pull within 66-58. The Lion defense prevented the Crimson from scoring a field goal the rest of the way, but Harvard made 12 successful trips to the free throw line in the final two-and-a-half minutes to seal...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women Cagers Come Back Big | 2/4/1987 | See Source »

...ceremony at which Macmillan accepted the peerage was tinged with sadness. Robed in resplendent red with ermine trim, he seemed to personify Britain's decline as a great power. He stood frail and trembling, an aging lion leaning on a walking stick concealed beneath his robes. When it came time for him to affix his signature to the act of his ennoblement, Macmillan fumbled and had to be guided. Then, straight and firm, he held the paper containing the oath close to his failing eyes and read his pledge in a clear, ringing voice: "I Harold, Earl of Stockton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: A Leader for the Last Days of Empire, Harold Macmillan: 1894-1986 | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

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