Word: squid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unique Anatomies. Other animals in the N.I.H. menagerie are prized for their unique anatomies. The primitive mammalian ear of the possum is used for hearing experiments. The simple retina of the squid proves to be an aid in eye research. Chinchillas, described as "castoffs not suitable for fur coats," have middle-ear cavities larger and more accessible than those of other mammals. Physiologists are able to explore the neural pathways involved in hearing...
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (20th Century-Fox) rates poorly in science fiction's Foam-Rubber Monster and Magnified Chameleon category; its only people eaters are a shamefully lethargic giant squid, an octopus and a shark. The film's score in the End of Civilization As We Know It division is hardly more impressive; the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, and the earth's temperature rises to a toasty 173°. Voyage, however, does creditably in Wires, Dials and Doodads; there is an atomic submarine almost as gorgeous as a producer's Cadillac...
...World-Renowned Psychiatrist with fierce regard for tradition: she is snappish and mean to Walter Pidgeon, the World's Greatest Scientist right up to the moment she is eaten by the shark. Balance is provided by blonde Barbara Eden, as cute a canape as ever broke a giant squid's heart. Tradition must sometimes be broken if an art form is to grow: she plays Pidgeon's secretary, not his daughter. Her function is to proceed about the submarine at canter, bearing messages, coffee and surcease from sorrow. Fully a third of the film is devoted...
...slap, in the manner of General Patton, a malingering crew member played by Frankie Avalon, a vapid juvenile customarily billed as a singer. In view of the song Avalon emits while the credits are being shown, Pidgeon clearly shirked his duty. Patton would have fed the squirt to the squid...
Mixed opinion has reigned at Radcliffe. Although one junior expressed a desire to meet Kelley's sons, the general level of enthusiasm has not been as high. In fact, Colossal E. Squid '64, a resident of Comstock Hall, has organized the Radcliffe Association Protesting Eugenics. This group (unabbreviated) will picket any Eugenicists convoking in or about Comstock Hall...