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...Coconut Palm leaves grow 12 ft. to 18 ft. long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 17, 1933 | 4/17/1933 | See Source »

Bang! A bullet nicked the forehead of Russell Caldwell, Coconut Grove youth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Escape | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

Thus the world stage was tentatively set last week for a dummy Lausanne Conference to be followed by a London Conference at which superhuman efforts would be made to sway U. S. public opinion and eventually crack Congress' anti-cancellation coconut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: World Conferences | 6/13/1932 | See Source »

...North & South. Sailors on a southbound cargo ship jumped about in brisk, energetic fashion until plump sirens with fishlike feet got aboard, started playing guitars and wriggling their hips. Officers forgot to give orders then, left the bridge. In a tropical port even the luxuriant, overgrown pineapples and coconut trees abandoned themselves to jogging amiably about. But back north again the dancing took on new, hectic energy. Drably uniformed workmen hopped about automatically, rebelliously, before a stock ticker largely labeled. A gasoline filling station, two bathtubs and a ventilator took part in this materialistic orgy. For the finale a bland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chokopul's Travels | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...fish pond answers readily to the name Bill Taft. Our favorite pet however, was a large flying fish christened Gloria Swanson. Her diet was difficult, but this was offset by a most affectionate disposition. Gloria visited the house frequently, flying from her pond through a patch of bamboo, between coconut trees, entering open windows and doors, frequently alighting at the canary's cage, exchanging chirps with the imprisoned singer. Gloria's death was a natural one. She "caught cold" while moulting and all efforts to rescue her from double pneumonia were vain. Bill Taft was chief mourner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 14, 1931 | 12/14/1931 | See Source »

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