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...should never wish to imply that the censers had never seen Desires or that, having seen it and wishing to provide tame stuff for Sundays, they were as good as blind. Geraid Gillespie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "DESIRES" AND THE CENSORS | 3/2/1955 | See Source »

...bars, restaurants and pari-mutuel windows does the visitor get a glimpse of the track itself, which is framed by hedges of Australian pine and bougainvillaea. Dominating the infield with its lush landscaped gardens, the shallow, double-kidney shape of the lake reflects the slow-circling pink flamingos, the tame black and white swans, and an occasional alligator from the neighboring Everglades Canal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Drama at Flamingo Lake | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

...tame Brown Bear surprised and probably disappointed a capacity crowd of 3,500 as the Providence sextet stayed within one goal of the Crimson for two periods without incurring a single penalty. The varsity finally broke loose in the final period, when Captain Scott Cooledge notted the Crimson's third goal at 7:41 and Cleary added his last two tallies within two minutes of each other...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Cautious Hockey Team Defeats Brown, 5-1 | 2/23/1955 | See Source »

...adult females, which are ordinary-looking flies, lay eggs on wounds or scratches in the hide of cattle; the larvae that hatch burrow into the flesh, sometimes eating the poor beasts alive. Since screw worms breed in wild animals as well as tame ones, they are almost immune to extermination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fatal Monogamy | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...same. But for six months after that, he tried to keep the business going. Some days he had nothing to do but sit and play with the mice that infested the studio. Walt kept a few in a cage in the office, and some of them became quite tame. One mouse known as Mortimer showed no desire at all to escape, so he was made a trusty, and lived on Walt's desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Father Goose | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

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