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...flights on questionable airlines and virtually every other threat that comes from walking the wild parts of the world. His physical bravery earned him a movie-star nickname - the "Indiana Jones" of wildlife science - and even at 53, the muscle-bound Rabinowitz looks like he could wrestle a boa constrictor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...itself from a mellow Cambridge burger joint into a competitive arena filled with cheering fans and music. B.good distributed free burgers during the hourlong contest. With the likes of “Heartbreak Heidi” (Heidi E. Kim ’09), “The Ching Chow Constrictor,” “B-Ravenous,” and “The Earth Smother,” the contest was ironically reminiscent of a hot dog or buffalo wing-eating contest. Said contestant “Miss Mary Smack” of Allston...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alum Upsets Champ in Spinach Eat-Off | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...every known type of deadly snake from the four corners of the world, introduces them into the cargo hold and hots them up with pheremones (the creatures are passive, we are told, except when they have sex on their very tiny minds). I especially liked the gigantic boa constrictor, which is used to grisly comic effect a couple of times in the course of the movie. But never mind - each of you will have your special favorites among the wild things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hype on a Plane | 8/18/2006 | See Source »

...passageway to a Nazi-era bunker. During World War II, Berlin's huddled masses sheltered here as Allied bombs flattened their city. Until Nov. 2, you're more likely to bump into Hitler, as played by a Russian actor, begging for forgiveness; or a snake handler with a boa constrictor that's meant to represent the serpent in Eden. This may be an unlikely setting for an art show, particularly one that's supposed to celebrate heaven, but don't tell that to Torsten R?mer. "The tension between a place so burdened with history and a spiritual subject such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subterranean Muse | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...passageway to a Nazi-era bunker. During World War II, Berlin's huddled masses sheltered here as Allied bombs flattened their city. Until Nov. 2, you're more likely to bump into Hitler, as played by a Russian actor, begging for forgiveness; or a snake handler with a boa constrictor that's meant to represent the serpent in Eden. This may be an unlikely setting for an art show, particularly one that's supposed to celebrate heaven, but don't tell that to Torsten Römer. "The tension between a place so burdened with history and a spiritual subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subterranean Muse | 10/12/2003 | See Source »

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