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Dempster took to the Zambezi a service rifle. 4,000 rounds of war-surplus ammunition and a wooden dinghy with an outboard motor. He soon met an indignant bull-hippo, who immediately seized both the dinghy and the Zulu helmsman and tore them to pieces. Dempster also found that his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hunter of Saurians | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

Following the varsity match, Bradford-Durfee Technical Institute nosed out the fishermen, 15 to 12. Bradford-Durfee took foil, sabre, and epee matches, all by scores of 5 to 4.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 2/9/1954 | See Source »

The beagle hound is a friendly, flop-eared little dog with a tail that wags with the furious regularity of a revving propeller. As the "harrier," he was bred in England and Wales at least 600 years ago to hunt small game; today he is equally at home on heath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANIMALS: Top Dog | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

Boat whistles shrieked, gongs clanged, and bunting fluttered from every sampan as the LSTs bearing 14.000 Chinese P.W.s from Korea nosed into the gaily decorated pier. Flag-waving thousands lined the 20-mile route to Taipei; firecrackers were so thick that the prisoners waving from their trucks were often hidden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FORMOSA: Heroes' Welcome | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

Another Try. The big, shiny interceptor skimmed along at terrific speed just above the east-west runway. At the halfway point, Townsend's wheels seemed to touch-but only for a second. He said over the radio: "I'm going to try another circle." For half a mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Pilot's Choice | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

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