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...excited and hopeful man, Dr. Gardiner Bump of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was driving busily around Washington last week in a specially equipped jeep, preparing for the most interesting job of his career. In the next week or so Dr. Bump, his son Robert and his jeep will head for the Near East to look for new game birds which will be used to restock the depleted U.S. Southwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bird Hunt | 5/29/1950 | See Source »

...were naked. Each of the seven Akharas (orders) had its painted elephant, and at the head of each order rode its leader, shaded by a red umbrella. Six of the leaders were in palanquins carried by six men; the chief of the rough, tough Bairagi order rode in a jeep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Urn Festival | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...group rented six 15-foot aluminum canoes in Cambridge, and used them for the actual travelling. For carrying duffles and portaging the canoes, however, it employed a small pick-up truck and a Jeep station wagon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOC Rides Housatonic Rapids in Light Canoes | 4/11/1950 | See Source »

...public assemblies. When Greppi told the Red delegation, "No meeting is authorized," he was vilified as a "coward and traitor." As they left, the comrades spat angrily on the city hall stairs. They were equally frustrated when they tried to stir up a street march. Scelba's celere (jeep-riding riot squads) dispersed them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: To the Barricades! | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

Ananda liked to drive a jeep around the palace grounds, and he liked to play with guns. One day he fell sick. His mother brought him some castor oil and left him alone to sleep. A few hours later, Ananda was found dead in his bed, a pistol beside him and a bullet through his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SIAM: Garden of Smiles | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

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