Word: buffalo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buffalo Revolt. Reeling under the combined disapproval of Soekarno, Hatta and much of the army, leaders of eight non-Communist parties last week closeted themselves in the home of Djakarta's mayor to come up with a "housecleaning program." To most politically savvy Indonesians, however, it appeared doubtful that the parties were in a position to make reforms sufficiently drastic to restore their shattered reputations. "A Cabinet crisis now," said one political boss, "would mean the end of democracy here...
Less than 24 hours after he spoke came news that 4,000 men of the army's Banteng (Buffalo) Division had seized control of Central Sumatra in a bloodless revolt. Organizer of the coup was Lieut. Colonel Ahmad Husein, an ex-guerrilla leader who was called "the Tiger of Central Sumatra" for his exploits against the Dutch during the revolution. Husein turned over titular authority of the region to 37-year-old Colonel Simbolon, a Dutch-educated Protestant who only a year ago was Mohammed Hatta's candidate for chief of staff. Simbolon announced that he would rule...
Efficient Killer. Prometheus, Dart concludes, must have been a prodigious hunter, because around his bones are scattered fragments of the antelope, giraffe, buffalo, rhinoceros and hippopotamus. He also fished the streams for water turtles and robbed the nest of the shrike. Giant rodent moles, wart hogs and porcupines were staples of his diet. No creature except modern man has ever been such an efficient killer, says Dr. Dart...
Detective Story. In Buffalo, ordered to clear the streets of underworldlings after an outbreak of wrongdoing, police dredged up Randolph Benson, charged him with disorderly conduct after they searched him, found he was equipped with a knife, a length of rubber hose and a volume entitled: The Blue Book of Crime...
This year, however, Cornell has lost its three top players, including Chuck Rolles and Bo Roberson, who averaged 40 points a game between them from that team, and is now relying on two sophomores for the bulk of its attack. Cornell has thus far defeated Buffalo College and lost to Bucknell and Colgate...