Word: caving
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that "mystic sound," according to one swami, "which vibrates and makes luminous and radiant the inner and outer atmospheres." The vibrations, the holy men hoped, would counteract war preparations the world over. The holy men were generally optimistic, except gloomy Swami Puroshottamanand. "I am sorry I ever left my cave," said the swami, who had not ventured out in 26 years. "War is inevitable...
...specific suggestion for world peace: President Truman and Generalissimo Stalin, he said, should meet in the nude to talk things over-in a cave, or a holy city like Benares. The conference, said Gir, should be held in an atmosphere of "I have nothing to hide from you." Added Gir: "If the gentlemen have the vigor to accompany me, I will gladly lead them to an excellent cave...
...cave of Ghar Hotu lies near the North Iranian village of Turujan, just south of Behshahr, about three miles from the Caspian. In the remote past, the sea lapped at its entrance. Primitive men built fires there and stared out across the dark waters. One cool evening, thousands of years ago, disaster struck. The roof fell in, burying three of the cave dwellers in Pleistocene sand and gravel, and prehistoric ages piled sand and stone above their bones...
Coon and Dupree found the fossils in a cave buried under more than 30 feet of gravel and sand. One of the skills had been completely shattered by the collapsed roof. Coon said fragments of the other two, when pieced together, indicated the cavemen were Homo Sapiens...
...quotes broadcast by Radio Peking: 1) the war, said Kim, is "turning favorably" for the Reds, who will ultimately "drive the aggressors out of Korea"; 2) when the U.N. forces retreated from North Korea last year, the Reds, said Kim, found the bodies of 150 children in an icy cave. Kim supplied details : "After the Americans drove them in and bolted the door, these children were starved and frozen to death. Practically all the corpses had broken fingers, evidently caused by trying to pry the cave door open...