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...through the seemingly impenetrable Sierra, Gheerbrant needed the help of local Indians. His principle was nonviolence, his method diplomacy. Sometimes negotiations began with a bow and arrow aimed at a white man's heart and ended with Gheerbrant allowing savages to tug his beard and strip him of his possessions. But his supreme instrument of diplomacy was a Mozart symphony. Military marches left the Indians impassive; Louis Armstrong's trumpeting failed to send them; but Mozart always soothed the savage breast. "Such music." Gheerbrant writes, "did not . . . clamp down a mask of fear on [their] faces ... It opened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Adventure on Land & Sea | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

Eric Oddleifson, whom Rouner promoted from the J.V.s last week, remains at stroke. Four others have been moved up from the undefeated junior varsity: Bill Lawrence, Frank Maybank, Bill Lindemulder, and Bob Warren, who will row 7, 6, 2, and Bow respectively...

Author: By Stephen L. Seftenberg, | Title: Crimson, JV, Yardling Light Crews Compete for Eastern Championship | 5/14/1954 | See Source »

...Lieut. General Joseph M. Swing, 60, recently retired, to be Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. ¶ Welcomed Nebraska's new Senator, Mrs. Eva Bowring (TIME, April 26) to Washington with a discussion of the relative merits of single-barrel (Ike's choice) and double-barrel shotguns (Mrs. Bow-ring's). The President, said Rancher Bowring, "made a Sandhiller feel right at home. He grows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Patience & Impatience | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

Racing conditions were so bad that the Princeton freshman boat, somewhat hindered by a ripped bow canvas sank after the finish of the race. The oarsmen were picked up by several launches. In that race waves surged past the bows of the shells, splashing the oarsmen in all four boats...

Author: By Stephen L. Seftenberg, | Title: Tiger Lightweights Win Cup But MIT Boat Finishes First | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

...undefeated Crimson JV crew, stroked by Len Wheeler, is unchanged so far this season except for the substitution of Tom Petterson for Bruce Martin at bow...

Author: By Steven C. Swett, | Title: Crimson, Penn, Navy Meet for Adams Cup | 5/7/1954 | See Source »

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