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When an Indian Sanskrit scholar came upon some valuable Sanskrit manuscripts in a remote Tibetan barn he sent some of the first photostatic copies to Daniel Henry Ingalls. This was natural since, as an Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies and Editor of the Harvard Oriental Series, Ingalls is the unofficial leader of a new breed of Indian historians...

Author: By Michael. O. Finkelstein, | Title: Sanskrit Scholar | 2/5/1953 | See Source »

...Fist), who moved to Texas City three years ago after working on several west Texas dailies, went to work. He sent reporters out to visit the joints, ran descriptions of them and their operators. At one point Ragsdale led Texas Rangers to 320 slot machines hidden in a barn, to the chagrin of Ranger Chief Homer Garrison Jr., who had said Texas was "clean as a whistle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Gambling in Texas | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

Although speculation after sale of the Arena late in December hold that the barn-like structure might still be used for sports events, announcement from the buyers yesterday indicated that the prospect is dead, if it ever existed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arena Sports to End Soon; Rink Fund Drives Snagged | 1/6/1953 | See Source »

This time, using grenades and satchel charges at close range, the ROKs popped the Chinese out of their lairs like rats from a burning barn. The Reds were chased across the saddle and back on to Big Nori. The ROKs might well have seized Big Nori's crest, but they could have put only a few men in the limited space on top, while the Chinese could have counterattacked with wave on wave. As a U.S. observer explained: "You can use your whole hand to hold the whisky bottle, but only a few fingers to pull out the cork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN ASIA: Cork & Bottle | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

Transit operators took fixes on a marker in the Blue Hills, 11 miles away in Milton, but when an enterprising farmer built a barn next door, it cut off the view. By no means non-plussed, the University acquired right of way to the barn, and chopped a hole in its roof for sighting purposes...

Author: By David W. Cudhea, | Title: Dana-Palmer House | 12/10/1952 | See Source »

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