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...mines blared a call to revolt, some-1,000 army troops marched into the town of Oruro, killing six miners in a two-hour pitched battle. Another 2,500 soldiers captured four union strongholds in the mining districts and moved to within H miles of the huge Cat-avi-Siglo Veinte complex, where thousands of well-armed miners had barricaded themselves. At that point, the miners requested a 48-hour truce. Barrientos insisted on unconditional surrender. He then summarily canceled all union wage increases granted since last Aug. 31, 1964, and gave the Comibol state mining company freedom to hire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolivia: Two Heads, One Mind | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

Ever since the return of the sacred ibis to our avid avi-culturists, I have been looking for its reappearance on the Cambridge scene. Having perched so long atop the Lampoon Building without inibision, the ibis should again be visible ibjdem. Then all Cantabrigians can shout the prophotic words of the ancient Ovid, "Medio tutissimus ibis," that is, "The ibis is most safely back in our midst...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IBIS, QUO IBIS | 5/29/1953 | See Source »

Known only as Maritime Commission design CI-M-AVI, these pocket-size ships can enter bomb-destroyed ports blocked to larger ships, or deliver relief cargoes at smaller ports. Later, as part of a merchant fleet top-heavy with plodding 10,000-ton Liberty ships, they will be useful for U.S. coastal service and offshore trading in the Caribbean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CI-M-AVI | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

...Thurs. at 11 Sever 5 10 Thurs. at 11 Boylston 28 JAPANESE 1 Consult Professor Elisscoff LATIN AII Thurs. at 12 Sever 18 BV Thurs. at 12 Sever 13 3hf Thurs. at 2 Sever 13 7hf. Thurs. at 2 Sever 14 MATHEMATICS AV Thurs. at 9 Sever 35 AVI Thurs. at 10 Sever 35 AVII Thurs. at 11 Sever 35 3III Thurs. at 11 Sever 24 3 Thurs. at 10 Sever 36 13* Thurs. at 9 Sever 36 15* Thurs. at 11 Sever 20 21 Thurs. at 11 Pierce 304 24a* Thurs. at 12 Sever 20 34* Thurs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Meetings of Courses | 9/27/1934 | See Source »

...Economics 4a Memorial Hall English 39 Emerson J English 41 Emerson J Fine Arts 1a Fogg Large Rm. German 8 Emerson J German 9 Mallinckrodt MB 23 Government 4 Mallinckordt MB 23 Greek B Professor Gulick, Sec. 2 Sever 29 History 55 Harvard 6 Italian 10 Sever 11 Mathematics AVI Mr. Andersen, Sec. 1 Sever 36 Mr. Frame, Sec 2 Server 36 Mr. Van Shaack, Sec. 3 Sever 36 Mathematics 2 Professor Stone, Sec. 3 Harvard 2 Mathematics 13 Harvard 2 Mineralogy 8 Sever 11 Music 5 Music Bldg. Paleontology 1 Sever 11 Psychology' 0 Emerson A Semitic 14 Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MID-YEAR EXAMS | 1/29/1931 | See Source »

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