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...swat a lepidoptera. They are lyric in their descriptions of the Great Dismal Swamp as a primeval forest of peat bog, cypress and juniper trees, of diaphanous curtains of Spanish moss, of copperhead and rattlesnake, bear, deer and mink, and of quicksand. The swamp once covered 1,500 sq. mi. But modern civilization's bulldozers have cut it down to some 600 sq. mi. Now even to the Great Dismal Swamp comes the forward tread of split-levelism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virginia: Swamps & Split Levels | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

...familiar role for South Korea's favorite movie lovers, handsome Choi Moo Ryong, 34, and beautiful Kim Ji Mi, 24, who had co-starred in no fewer than 50 films. But this time the plot was straight improvisation, and strictly off-camera. When the Seoul public prosecutor reviewed their performance, he clapped them into prison on charges of adultery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: Babylon Is Not So Far | 11/16/1962 | See Source »

...LEAST DENSELY POPULATED CITY: Hilo, Hawaii, with 89 per sq. mi. Next: Oak Ridge. Tenn., with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Statistics: The Most & the Least | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

...MOST DENSELY POPULATED CITY: Union City, N.J., with 40,138 people per sq. mi. Next: Hoboken, N.J. with 37,262. New York City has only 24,697-although one of its boroughs, Manhattan, jams 77,195 into each square mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Statistics: The Most & the Least | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

...INCIDENTAL MOSTS : Los Angeles has more land (454.8 sq. mi.) than any other city. It also has more gas stations (2,961) and more hotels and motels (1,163, as against New York's 737 and Chicago's 727). In the Los Angeles suburb of West Covina, 54.8% of the families own two cars, more than anywhere else. But New York has more bars and restaurants-17,164-as against 8,941 for Chicago and 5,551 for Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Statistics: The Most & the Least | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

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