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So Sticky & Warm. The trap of just about all such flowers is a hollow tunnel formed by the flower's blossom that botanists call the caldron. Some varieties of trap flowers are equipped along their rims with countless tiny hairs, which appear to an approaching insect to be other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Botany: The Tender Trap | 2/12/1965 | See Source »

The second Harvard runner to cross the finish line was Dave Allen in 72nd place. Third for the Crimson in 84th place was Jim Smith, who ran even with Allen until midway through the final mile when he fell on the slippery ground and lost position.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hewlett Mushes Through 4-Inch Snow To Take Fifth Place in NCAA Meet | 11/24/1964 | See Source »

> Wall-to-wall carpeting is creeping into the kitchen-and making surprising sense there. The Roxbury Carpet Co. has developed a dense, shallow-pile nylon carpet in twelve colors, bonded to a three-sixteenths-inch sponge rubber backing that is so resistant to most stains that they can be easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marketplace: New Products | 11/20/1964 | See Source »

When Avedon lets up on the extreme of technique, he can catch a masterpiece of self-satire such as a group photo of eleven plump, prim, grim general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. His unaffected snap of a drooping, slightly disheveled Marilyn Monroe may be the most psychologically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: American Gothic | 11/6/1964 | See Source »

On the surface, Columbia appears a logical choice over Cornell. Comparative scores show that Harvard beat the Lions 3 to 0, and the Big Red, 16 to 0. But these scores are deceiving. Cornell consistently outplayed the Crimson, but torrential rain and a slippery football gave Harvard the breaks which...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Paper that Chose Alf Landon in '36 Presents Infallible 2-Team Parlay | 10/31/1964 | See Source »

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