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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Bottle Smeller & Gigolo. Flynn, the son of a noted biologist, was born in 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania. His mother, Errol says, considered him "a nasty little boy," and at 16 he almost killed another youngster in a fight, was expelled from school and took work as an office boy. Caught dipping into petty cash to bet on the horses, he got the sack, had to sleep in public parks till he heard of a gold strike in New Guinea. At 17, he set out to make his fortune, and for the next five years he lived by his remarkably quick...
...soft-drink company, i.e., he sniffed empty bottles to detect kerosene, etc., to discover which bottles needed special washing. Later he was the gigolo of a wealthy middle-aged woman who "woke my understanding of the possible wonder and diversity of the female form." One night, tired of his work, Errol skipped out with all her jewels...
...years trying to talk to bottle-nosed dolphins (Tursiops trnncatus), more popularly known as porpoises. So far, he has not found a common language, but already he is convinced that dolphins are far and away the most intelligent beasts on earth. Last week Dr. Lilly, 44, was hard at work supervising an elaborate new system of jetties and pools that he is constructing, partly with money supplied by the Navy, on a bay six miles from Charlotte Amalie, in the Virgin Islands...
...recruiting program for the church. I am sure we are not narrow unless the Apostles' Creed is narrow. Some of our critics want to drag us into the old static framework. If that were done, the Young Life campaign wouldn't work any better than what they are doing. Far too many pastors talk about daffodils and robin redbreast. We believe it is sinful to bore kids...
...They say they are Christian, so the parents assume the churches are behind it and they let their children attend. No supervisory body of parents is involved. The kids would substitute these gatherings with other kids for their normal church activities. We feel we must improve our own work with the kids, but the children belong in their own spiritual blood family...