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Yale's program is not yet available but Harvard's is as follows: Chorus from "Pattence" Gilbert and Sullivan "Ecce Jam Noctis" Chadwick "Tutti Venite Armatt" Gastoldi "Der Gang zum Liebchen" Brahma Sea Shanties Arranged by MeUhee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOINT CONCERT FRIDAY WITH YALE GLEE CLUB | 11/16/1935 | See Source »

...professional wrestler would run away from a Brahma steer which weighs 1,000 Ib. and has horns a foot and a half long. No polo player in his senses would risk his neck on a bucking-bronco. A cowherd who tried to milk a wild cow would promptly have his brains kicked out. Performances like steer-wrestling, bronco-riding and wild-cow milking were a part of the World Series Rodeo that arrived in Manhattan last week for a stay of 19 days at Madison Square Garden. Grand climax of a circuit that attracts more than 3,000,000 customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Circuit Riders | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

...genus they named Ramapithecns in honor of Rama, stalwart, uxorious hero of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Another they christened Sitgriva-pitkeens, after Sugriva, king of the monkeys who helped Rama get his wife back from the demon-king of Ceylon. The third they named Bramapithecus for the Hindu God Brahma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

...building 1,000 miles of new fences, grubbing 15,000 acres clear of mesquite and chaparral to plant them with Rhodes grass from Africa. He is proudest of his new breed of cattle, the Santa Gertrudis, achieved after many a year of experiments. It is a cross of Indian Brahma cattle, which are resistant to the tropical heat and diseases of southern Texas, and pure-bred shorthorns, one of the great English beef breeds. The result is a fat, sleek dark-red cow, both hardy and marketable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Texas Rumble | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

...Orleans Luck Powder . . . Money-bringing Luck Bags, Holy Oil, and Dragon's Blood . . . Mystic Brahma lodestones . . . The Great 7 to 1 Dream Book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: No More Magic | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

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