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...impelled by some cosmic force, some of the comics penetrate the austere magazine ranks that flank the central heap. On the shelf labelled Atlantic Monthly sits "The Penguin Book of Comics" and Mickey Mouse waves from the cover of "Gli Anni Ruggenti di Topolino." The Christian Science Monitor shelf contains another volume of Topolino and a coffee-table book entitled "The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." Then, before Commentary and Consumer Reports, come three shelves labelled "Comix," "Comix Continued" (this one has copies of The Economist), and "You Guessed It." On the first of these...
Using his laboratory expertise, Bjorn-Larsen developed a way to bind the chemical polyvinyl chloride to elastic girdle fabric and thereby make the inner cuffs of the garment sticky enough to hold up stockings. In 1965 Munsingwear, a major clothing manufacturer and maker of the familiar Penguin shirts, signed a contract with Bjorn-Larsen, promising him $1,000 a month as advances on royalties for exclusive use of his idea. But in late 1967 the payments stopped after totaling $14,000; Munsingwear told him that his idea had not panned...
Elementary penguin singing Hare...
...enterprise. Poet Willis Barnstone translated, alone or in collaboration, 276 of the 788 poems. Aliki Barnstone, also a poet and a contributor to the book, joined with her father in selecting the 311 poets represented. In scope and quality of translation, their work surpasses such previous efforts as the Penguin Book of Women Poets and The Other Voice: Twentieth-Century Women's Poetry in Translation. The editors have devoted several pages to such major figures as Enheduanna (c. 2300 B.C.), the first writer in history, male or female, whose work has been preserved. A Sumerian moon priestess, she composed...
...rare bird from a speeding car. Still, the work for the new book was, in his words, "slavery of a sort," involving countless 15-hour days in his studio in Old Lyme, Conn. Guarding his nearby home is a 2-ft.-high statue of Antarctica's emperor penguin, Peterson's favorite bird-some birders call him "King Penguin." Says Peterson: "I like its manner and its elegance. They are survivors in one of the harshest climates in the world...