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As tree trunks grew progressively blacker, however, it became easier for birds to see and prey upon the speckled variety of the peppered moth. The once-vulnerable black moth, becoming indistinguishable against the darkening bark, found it easier to survive and multiply. By 1900, black peppered moths outnumbered the speckled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Evolution by Pollution | 10/5/1970 | See Source »

They are getting it back with interest, as the passengers of the Sicilia testified. For two weeks before their departure, they had been forced to stand in long queues at government offices, where they had to submit detailed inventories of their entire holdings. After Libyan authorities were convinced that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libya: Celebrating Xenophobia | 9/7/1970 | See Source »

In the 1960s, there were few major U.S. department stores that did not depend for inspiration and line-for-line copies upon Paris haute couture. The knock-off Chanel suits and ersatz Givenchys were prized along with $1,000 originals and snapped up even faster. But the sudden flurry of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Punch, Oui; Power, Non | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

"Next day, plunging into an icy creek to bathe, I suddenly hear music running through my mind for the first time since I arrived. Taking my Melodica,a kind of keyboard mouth organ, I join the song of the bees while I bathe. Tonight I notice that the faces in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Jul. 27, 1970 | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

In cities throughout the world, dogs are fast becoming the most obnoxious minority group. There are 280,000 of them in Tokyo, 300,000 in Los Angeles, 500,000 in New York City, 700,000 in London, and more than a million in Mexico City (including strays). And they are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Do Cities Really Need Dogs? | 7/20/1970 | See Source »

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