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...have a few samples now, but most of them read: 'This is the tomb of so and so, whosoever violates it will have to pay a fine'--Well, you can't get very far that way." He also plans to find archeological evidence that the ancients believed that Bacchus, god of wine, was born on a mountain near Sardis, and that his cult spread from Asia Minor to Greece...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: Rich as Croesus | 4/26/1958 | See Source »

...President is Peter P. Brooks '59 of Eliot House and New Canaan, Conn.; Secretary, William Wertenbaker '59 of Charlottesville, Va. and Eliot House; Treasurer, Peter A. Tcherepnin '60 of Lowell House and Chicago, III. Other officers are Business Manager, Robert M. Hoen '59; Circulation Manager, Richard B. Fisher '59; Bacchus, Nicholas Wolf '60; and Art Editor, Edgar M. de Bresson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advocate Elects | 1/14/1958 | See Source »

Shibley Jean Talamas, 29, who was born in Haiti to wealthy, Syrian-descended parents with U.S. citizenship, was a bear-size (6 ft. 6 in., more than 300 Ibs.) playboy who enacted a majestic Bacchus at carnival time, managed a leading soccer team and manufactured textiles. He had been educated at Virginia's Hargrave Military Academy and the University of Texas, and was married to an Ashtabula, Ohio girl. In 24 hours last week, U.S. Citizen Talamas ran into a terrible coincidence that cost him his life and Haiti much U.S. good will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: Murder by Beating | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

...sheep and goats usually being driven to market by Arab tribesmen, are filled instead with foreign cars. This year's highlights: Rome's Santa Cecilia orchestra, two nights of Lebanese dances and village songs. More dramatic than the music are the floodlit temples of Jupiter and Bacchus, which form a backdrop for the performers. Last season there were so many visitors that the government's Department of Antiquities had to move a 60-ton fallen temple block to make room for more seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Festivals Around the Corner | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

...yesterday's elections include Robert C. Johnston '59, Pegasus; Peter O. Sellar '58, treasurer; and Charles D. Atkinson III '58, business manager. Eric Martin '58 was chosen as art editor, Daniel M. Collier '59 is the new circulation manager, while Peter Scher '58 will fill the office of Bacchus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advocate Elections | 1/11/1957 | See Source »

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