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...when human beings caught on to the musk smell. As the deer's fame grew, rajahs and ranees, kings and their concubines, seducers and seductresses learned to use musk as a perfume. The Prophet Mohamed wrote in the Koran: "The Seal of Musk. For this let those pant who pant for bliss." The Empress Josephine, to rouse Napoleon's baser nature, used so much musk that the walls of her rooms, for years afterward, were still fragrant with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: For Those Who Pant | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

...Yale First downs 9 14 Yards rushing, net 74 233 Forward passes 14 13 Passes completed 5 7 Yards gained, passes 65 121 Interceptions 0 1 Gain by interceptions 0 11 pant average 35 34 Yards gained, runbacks 73 84 Penalties 1 6 Yards penalized...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Got the Blues | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

...their most private thoughts blue-penciled, Escape in Passion's characters will probably seem alive to the devoted few who have followed their progress since 1932. Most newcomers to Romains' encyclopedic study will experience the puzzlement of a pedestrian who suddenly sees the muddy, sweaty finalists pant past in the last stages of a transcontinental bicycle race. He has no idea of where they are pedaling to, no conception of the vigor and dash with which they began the contest. Nonetheless, he feels an instinctive desire to cheer -if only because he can see that they have come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bicycle Race | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

...long campaign to make him a puppet ruler. Roxas, determined to carry on guerrilla activities, warded off the first Jap blandishments by feigning illness (he had lost 48 Ibs.). When Japs came to call at his Manila home, he took fever shots, bounded up & down steps to make himself pant and sweat. Finally, Premier Tojo sent his personal physician to treat Manuel Roxas; eventually Roxas found his name on a Jap-appointed commission to draft a Philippine constitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: New Political Tactics | 6/11/1945 | See Source »

Three juniors with speed to burn, Joe Kane, Bob Odell, and Bill Miller, are enough to make any defense pant, This trio, which will see action at wingback and tailback slots, should bring plenty of trouble for the Crimson ends. When these boys run, they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harlow Stresses Pass Offensive In Drill for Star-Laden Quakers | 10/1/1942 | See Source »

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