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...veteran digger of 37 who now commands the Oriental Institute's Megiddo Expedition, was back in Chicago with news that he had penetrated the site down to bedrock, through 20 culture levels dating back to 3,500 B. C. Beneath the oldest level was a stone age cave containing flint instruments and bones. At the 19th level the excavators found a flagged paving in which drawings of horned animals and men had been cut. At the 18th level was a stone fortification wall 15 feet high and 24 feet wide, which indicated that there might have been fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Armageddon | 8/8/1938 | See Source »

Last week the British learned that the Fakir had made his headquarters in a hillside cave. Bombers roared ahead and the British troops closed in. The Fakir and his tribesmen took up positions behind boulder barricades and for two days beat back British attacks. One British captain, six soldiers were killed before the Fakir and his followers had fled again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Elusive Ipi | 7/25/1938 | See Source »

...June 4, Dr. Kleitman and Graduate Student Bruce Richardson entered Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, took up residence in a snug cavern 119 feet underground where for them day and night on the surface had no meaning. There they lived a 28-hour cycle, sleeping nine hours each 28-hour "day." There were only six of their long days in a calendar week. They had a regular routine of eating, sleeping, reading, writing, walking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cave Men | 7/18/1938 | See Source »

...youth's story is ominous for the future of democracy, the commission recommended more jobs, more education and guidance, more fun for Youth. Its warning: ''Unpleasant stories are told of operators of coal properties who . . . mine only the richer veins and leave the smaller ones to cave in. This coal, it is said, is forever lost. Somehow this sort of thing reminds us that youth, too, never comes again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Youth's Story | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...would appear from the first primary held since the defeat of President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill that the dike is beginning to cave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: In Old Chicago | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

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