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Inside the great paper dragon which twists & turns through Chinese streets in festive parades are Chinese men. Last week the great paper dragon of Chinese industry was shuffled in its vertebrae, and up to the head and most honored position moved Kao Kang...
...Bhutan's lamas, grown fat and indolent with centuries of rule, got too lazy to hunt for a new Raja. The government was taken over by a local governor, the Tongsa Penlop, a fighting politician who got himself elected Gyalpo (i.e., King) of the Land of the Thunder-dragon. Knighted by the British, who understood such ambition, Sir Ugyen Wangchuk ruled for 19 years and died in 1926. He was succeeded...
Last week, in a ceremony which by tradition includes an honor guard of silk-uniformed soldiers, each carrying two swords and a shield of buffalo hide, Sir Jigme's 24-year-old son, Jigme Dorji, was installed as the third Gyalpo of Thunder-dragon. Two visitors-the eldest son of the Maharaja of neighboring Sikkim and an Indian political agent-were invited over the mountains to see the show. They were the only outsiders present...
...Tuesday's games Dudley trimmed Winthrop 12 to 6 and Dunster breezed past Lowell 13 to 2. George Donovan caught a 13-yard pass from Bill Allison and went ten yards into the end zone for the first Dragon touchdown. Jim Murray scored the other after taking a ten-yard Murray pass and racing 50 yards up the sidelines...
...older. In one all-male number, 30 men sat in a circle on the floor, shaking their shoulders in unison, and began a syncopated whisper that worked up into something like a football cheer, while a clown leapt and postured in their midst. In the grand finale a benevolent dragon routed a wicked witch to the deep delight of both dancers and audience...