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...thereby risked being shot." The somnambulant men fell down stairs, got burns, cuts, bruises. One walked many miles cross-country looking for his uncle (his father was dead). One stole his best friend's wallet. They dreamed of snakes, of being chased by men with knives or by rabid dogs. Some dreamed that their fathers saved them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Lady Macbeth's Children | 6/18/1945 | See Source »

...always interesting to hear what Americans think and, coming from any other source, Mr. Churchill might value the testimonial. But when the rabid isolationist press starts backing him he should take warning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Guardian v. Brat | 6/4/1945 | See Source »

...Announcer Edwards never does. Since he thought up the show in 1940, he has made participants ride camels, wash elephants, woo seals, wiggle into girdles onstage. Only victim to renege on a "consequence" was a rabid Brooklyn fan who couldn't bring himself to make a speech vilifying the Dodgers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Mr. Wickel and the $1,000 | 12/11/1944 | See Source »

...overall news was the defeat of Republican isolationism and the re-elections of Republicans with non-isolationist or liberal record. In New York, to the nation's delight, down went rabid anti-Roosevelt isolationist Hamilton Fish, after 24 years in Congress. His successor: liberal Augustus W. Bennet, 47, Newburgh lawyer. Another surprise was the defeat of the Chicago Tribune's alter ego, isolationist stalwart Stephen A. Day. Against Day and the odds, intelligent, serious Emily Taft Douglas, wife of a Chicago economics professor (now in the Marines) won her first try at big-time politics. Rednecked Marine Colonel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Election: The New House | 11/13/1944 | See Source »

...delayed twelve hours, the chances of amputation are increased threefold. In fact, said Dr. Otho C. Hudson of Hempstead, L.I., in last fortnight's New York State Journal of Medicine, human bites anywhere on the body are much more dangerous than animal bites (except, of course, those of rabid dogs). Reason: human mouths contain very destructive bacteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sharper than a Serpent | 10/16/1944 | See Source »

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