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...Armas took power, and the students naturally honored him as Target No. 1. One float kidded his anti-Communist revolution last June. A wolf decked out in hammers and sickles was stopped from devouring a Red Riding Hood named Guatemala by an ax blow from Uncle Sam. On the axhead: a picture of Castillo Armas. Another joshed his style of rule by decree, showing him whipping up two mules labeled "Congress" and "Courts." The motto of his revolution, Dios, Patria y Libertad, was devastatingly changed on the float to Adiós, Patria y Libertad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Student Rag | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

...that men who lived on Lough Gara were prosperous farmers. Not only could they mill flour, but they had also reached the stage of specialization of labor. A large deposit of 200 flake-cutting tools found in one spot suggests a village toolsmith's shop. One Bronze Age axhead is so finely, finished it might have been machine made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Querns & Crannogs | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...slate Algonquin knives, a 4-lb. Algonquin axhead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Good Scout | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

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