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...population of Gibraltar be preserved, in deference to the legend that when the last ape leaves the rock, the British will, too. The monkey tricks that roll out of Gallico's typewriter are frantic but predictable. The crisis, brought on by fifth columnists who try to wipe out the ape population, is passed when Scruffy is induced to marry cross-eyed Amelia, after a long-distance betrothal complete with a touched-up portrait, a la Anne of Cleves. It was funnier the first time it happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Also Current: May 4, 1962 | 5/4/1962 | See Source »

...given moment you're only the sum of your life up to then... That big hour of decision, the turning point in your life, the someday you've counted on when you'd suddenly wipe out your past mistakes, do the work you'd never done, think the way you'd never thought, have what you'd never had--it just doesn't come suddenly...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: Autumn 'Garden | 4/28/1962 | See Source »

...will have enough gas, his engineers enough food. The Bomb even bothers him. "There are darn few men who do this because it's their aim in life," he says. "They do it because they feel they should. I really don't think now the Bomb would wipe us out. But, God, it would set us back a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: U.S. TEST DIRECTOR | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...recent appearance before the U.S. Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee, "it would be worth nearly 7? today in terms of 1962 dollars.'' But the Administration's bill would raise first-class only from 4? to 5?. If it were increased to 6?, it would wipe out the current deficit and still be a bargain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Stamping Out a Deficit | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

Introduced on January 20 into the upper house, the Mansfield-Dirksen bill would wipe out all state literacy tests, a major device now used by some Southern states to keep Negroes off the voting rolls...

Author: By Jonathan D. Trobe, | Title: Pettigrew Calls Negro Vote Bill Crucial | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

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