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...reflections of the ideal pooh. If you don't believe me, go to the Square and look for the girl who sells home-made bears, and says in a tiny voice, "Bears for sale." In the middle of the Square. The girl is so tender and exposed that I melt...

Author: By David R. Icnatius, | Title: Animals The Children's Zoo at Franklin Park | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

...never melt at the zoo. I feel the same rigid depression as I did one Christmas in New York City when I had 75 cents in my pocket. I kept passing Salvation Army Bands and Santa Clauses and gave to each one until the money ran out. And then I had to walk ten more blocks and mumble "no money" to each Claus. In the same way, there are too many animals...

Author: By David R. Icnatius, | Title: Animals The Children's Zoo at Franklin Park | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

...radiation from the sun (reflected off the earth) as heat. This is called the Greenhouse Effect. It was important in the evolution of the earth into a life-supporting planet. The world is getting hotter and hotter. When it gets hot enough, the polar ice caps will start to melt. This will raise the level of the oceans 300 feet. This will cover the land on which two-thirds of the world's people live. Many people know about this problem. They also know they can't do anything about...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: All About the End of the World | 10/1/1969 | See Source »

...fleet of cars, he drove from New York to Colorado, filming a story about a young married woman on the run from responsibility. The result, called The Rain People, has such a strong sense of the U.S. as a dramatic character that Coppola's people tend to melt into the landscape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Only Geography | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

Together, like garden snakes, they contorted, moaned, gasped and throbbed . . . Ernie found what Cervantes and Milton had only sought. He thought the fillings in his teeth would melt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoaxes: Penelope's Playmates | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

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