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Herpetologist William H. Woodin III of Tucson, Ariz, is devoted to one of the oddest of odd scientific occupations. Last week he was scurrying round the desert taking the temperatures of Gila monsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Monster Doctor | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

...oddest aspects of the Provoo case is that in 1946, after he was liberated, the U.S. Army investigated him for eight months, found no proof that he had collaborated with the enemy, and discharged him honorably. After six weeks, he re-enlisted for a three-year hitch. In 1949, he was indicted. Provoo's defense will be chiefly that he was "driven to irrationality" by imprisonment, and that he acted under duress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Case of the Buddhist Sergeant | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

...Oddest thing is that after all these weeks of whistle-stopping, television, button-wearing (all novelties to us), publicity and advertising, probably not more than 50 percent of the potential voters will vote. Why have literacy tests (in 14 states) and poll taxes (in five) to restrict the franchise...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: Ten Niemans Dislike Ike, Bolt Newsprint Line | 11/4/1952 | See Source »

...that it understood the meaning of democracy. To discourage the old Japanese practice of vote buying and to make campaigning for elective office possible for rich & poor alike, a set of election safeguards had been recommended by General MacArthur's staff. They produced one of the oddest election codes ever put into force in a democratic country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: No Seats for Communists | 10/13/1952 | See Source »

...bring the captive back to England (because she is a rare breed and important to the war effort). On the way over, by submarine naturally, he picks up pert Glynis Johns, who is one of the Island's rulers masquerading as an army cook, as well as the oddest expeditionary force in movie history. On the way back Venus has a calf and David and Glynis discover true love. But it's in between the going over and the coming back that the picture is at its funniest. Island Rescue may not be up to the standard of other British...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Island Rescue and Ivory Hunters | 9/26/1952 | See Source »

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