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...Nectar of the Globs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 11, 1966 | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

...better to do nothing than to do something simply for the sake of doing something." He believes that U.S. foreign policy should stress reliability, not experimentation. "The United States has too much mass and momentum to be a hummingbird, darting in and out of alluring blossoms to see what nectar can be had for the whims of the moment," he argues. "We owe it to ourselves as well as to the rest of the world to remain steady on course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE | 10/15/1965 | See Source »

...hollow of the purplish-green Dutchman's-pipe is pocked on the inside by windowlike patches that are surrounded with pollen, which rubs off on the bug who mistakes the bright patch for daylight and freedom. Often the caldron provides warmth and humidity: sometimes it also supplies a nectar to keep the prisoner pollinating for as long as 100 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Botany: The Tender Trap | 2/12/1965 | See Source »

...read all about it in Crowell's Handbook of Classical Literature," said Mars, knocking over Jove's nectar in his excitement. Just look yourself up.--And you might try reading those articles on Tragedy and Comedy, man. Very good for something that concise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mythology | 12/8/1964 | See Source »

Zoologist Dieter Matthes of West Germany's Erlangen University has now proved that the males of the Malachiidae, a family of tiny beetles usually found in the tropics, entice the females first with a tarty nectar, then surreptitiously slip them an aphrodisiac to loosen their inhibitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entomology: Love Among the Insects | 10/11/1963 | See Source »

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