Word: whaled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Paul Dudley White, 69, is one of the world's most eminent heart specialists. In the pursuit of his notable career he has taken electrocardiograms of circus elephants, and once, in the icy waters off the coast of Alaska, he even recorded the heartbeat of a beluga whale by means of an electrocardiograph wired to a pair of brass-tipped harpoons (TIME, Aug. 25, 1952). Since the whale was small as well as in an understandable state of excitement, Dr. White was not fully satisfied with the result. He still yearns to record the throb of a heart...
...that remains of Bellame and his crew is on one of the 70,000 maps which form Widener's collection. On a chart drawn by a Boston cartographer rests this conclusion: ". . . I came through with a whale boat being ordered bye Government to look after Pirate Ship Whido Bellame Commandr. . . cast away 26 of April 1717 where I buried One Hundred and Two Men Drowned." An occasional doubloon from Bellame's hoard is still washed up on the sands...
...Indian artists were called on to outdo themselves in carving masks, staffs and rattles. Each symbol and convention had its meaning. The double-profiled portrayals of totem gods were apparently adapted from images first painted on both sides of the prow of a war canoe. Totem gods like Killer Whale were sometimes pictured with their entrails revealed to show lesser animals which they had swallowed. Even the massive totem poles were meant as seriously as medieval coats of arms to display family crests and famous ancestors. Such gods as Bear and Wolf might be decorated with fur and shredded cedar...
...Kress Foundation can and does move mountains of dimes to buy great pictures. It is the whale of the masterpiece market, and despite restrictions on the international sales of masterpieces, it gets a whale-size share of the few that come on the market each year. With its help the National Gallery is amassing an art treasure beyond the dreams of kings. Smaller U.S. museums benefit as well. The Kress Foundation has made donations averaging 32 canvases each to twelve regional museums (TIME, April 27, 1953), and will soon announce similar gifts to eight more. Of the more than...
...then transforms itself into a rehearsal of Moby Dick. Wearing a false nose, and playing variously a theater manager, a New England preacher and Captain Ahab, spotlighted Actor Welles storms up and down the shadowy stage spewing and roaring blank verse, fights Ahab's final battle with the whale while standing on a table that protrudes into the center aisle, driving his imaginary harpoon into the audience...