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One rainy day last week George stood at the culvert's entrance, staring gloomily at the trickles draining into his culvert home. Ottilie was housekeeping inside the culvert. Suddenly a wall of water appeared coming fast down a drainage trench. It roared past George, swept up Ottilie, smashed her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Ottilie | 7/29/1935 | See Source »

Slowly, with terrible doubt and distress, Mrs. Fury awakened to a realization of Peter's worthlessness and irresponsibility. He had never wanted to be a priest. He had only studied out of fear of her. Old Dennis Fury said, "After all, he's only a boy," but Mrs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Irish Fury | 7/22/1935 | See Source »

"In England, gorillas have recently lived and thriven amazingly because the keepers now put plate glass between them and the staring crowds. It is impossible to breathe or sneeze into the face of the captive gorillas and whereas formerly, gorillas in captivity always died quickly of consumption, these have lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Eagle to Gorilla | 6/10/1935 | See Source »

"I was just thinking," said the King staring at Alice, "with your Mana what a good impression you'd make on the Amazulu."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 4/17/1935 | See Source »

Late one night his friend Michael Gryzwacz walked into Grigoris' room. "I am God!" screamed Grigoris. "Look at me and you die!" Michael Gryzwacz looked with staring eyes and fell dead, of a complication of old diseases, topped off by a heart attack. Having killed once with a look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 4, 1935 | 3/4/1935 | See Source »

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