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...seen five koalas. Four that lived in a chicken coop in a backyard in Melbourne and one wild one. The wild one cried and when given some leaves to eat wanted to play. I gave it a finger and it bit me as hard as a newborn lamb can bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Man of the Year (Cont'd) | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

...slow skis. This is wrong as one has much better control over a fast gliding ski and besides a ski that is not properly waxed will run unevenly in jerks, which makes it much harder to maintain one's balance. A good waxing job, while gliding smoothly downhill, will "bite" on walking uphill, thus preventing to some extent back-sliding and saving considerable energy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKOAL TO THE WAX HOUND | 12/18/1936 | See Source »

...South African named R. H. Harris offered to the British Government the patent rights on his method for exterminating the tsetse fly. The device consists of a dummy bullock with an electric light shining through a hole in its side. When the fly approaches to bite the bullock, it is attracted by the light, enters the dummy, cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Vales & Swales | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...theory that Indians' being made to bite the dust, three in a row, from a range of a mile and a half, is worth salvaging from the fifteen-minute parodies on the nickelodeon days and brought back to feature-length standing, "The Texas Rangers" sets out to curdle the blood in the grand old style. Free from this now-fangled nonsense about Indians' being human beings, at least four of the reels are devoted to shots of the atrocious savages' being shot down in fabulous quantities by plucky little bands of Rangers. Fred MacMurray is the unblenching avenger who fears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

Growing steadily in popularity both in New England and New York waters, Frost-bite racing bids fair to become a fixture among Harvard nautical men. Already this year the Crimson has been in competition with M. I. T., and a week from Sunday is scheduling a four-boat team race with Williams. Sailing will probably continue until the ice sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frost-Bite Regatta Sunday Includes Ten College Crews | 10/30/1936 | See Source »

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