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...rebels reassured the owner by formally signing for everything-they delight in mixing barbarism with bureaucracy-but before long, they held all the sugar workers as hostages and were manufacturing cannon in the mill workshops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: The Congo Massacre | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

Immortality has no guarantees on earth. Only the beauty of Ghiberti's doors saved them from centuries of soldiers smelting Renaissance masterworks into cannon. When World War II broke out, the Italian government or dered the doors taken down for safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: Paradise Regained | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...apres ski life is an object, better stick to the well known developments like Sugarbush, Mt. Snow, Killington and Cannon Mountain. But if you are concerned to maximize your skiing time and may be save a little money, take a chance on one of these low-key areas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Why Not Try Lesser-Known Ski Area? | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...representative of the Class of 1899 was 88-year-old Cornelia J. Cannon. In addition, class agents were invited specially so that they could update the conceptions of Radcliffe they give to their respective classes. Thirty more alumnae represented clubs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 153 Register, Representing 59 Classes | 11/19/1964 | See Source »

...dreamer, and that one ought to take one's place in the fighting ranks. I did not renounce what I held dear, nor did I repudiate anything, but I knew that I would have to grit my teeth and master that most difficult of disciplines-silence." Roar of Cannon. Master...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Curtain Half Lifted | 11/13/1964 | See Source »

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