Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...national post office issued a special postmark to commemorate the occasion. Schoolchildren gathered in a shivering rain at the Arc de Triomphe to release hundreds of tricolored balloons carrying the message of bonhomie. A squad of pretty girls scoured Paris looking for outstanding examples of courtesy, and that ancient charmer, Maurice Chevalier himself, cut a symbolic ribbon to release the tide of amiability that promised to engulf the land. Even France's bureaucrats were told to smile, but there was one breed of Frenchmen that not even Ranville's crusaders dared touch. A plan to present a prize...
Despite the protests of religious conservatives, Nehru had the votes, and the bill passed. One other important clause in the act was designed to stop India's ancient custom of child marriages. It fixes new legal marrying ages: boys 18, girls...
...once proud Spanish navy lost its Armada in 1588, and any other pretensions to glory in 1898, when it was soundly beaten by the U.S. Spanish sea power is, in fact, mostly a collection of ancient junk, with only one big ship, the 18-year-old, 10,670-ton cruiser Canarias. Franco's government does have, however, eleven destroyers less than five years old, plus eight frigates, six new corvettes and 15 good minesweepers. It also has 1,500 miles of coastline. Last week, as part of its program of building up bases in Spain, the U.S. agreed...
...Jubilee weekend, C. Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, announced an extension for Social Science 1 papers, and other professors have prepared special lectures for the Yardlings and their dates on Saturday. In addition, Bob Mason and the Six Dukes of Dixie will make their first appearance at Harvard in the Jubilee Jazz Concert Sunday at 2 p.m., in the Union...
George M. A. Hanfmann and Charles L. Kuhn, both associate professors of Fine Arts, will present Fine Arts 130, "Ancient Art," and Fine Arts 195, "Art in Germany in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," respectively...