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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Acres of solidly packed humanity, stretching as far as the eye could see, paid the final mass tribute to the President. Nehru said it was the greatest civic reception he ever has seen at the sprawling Ram Lila Park between Old and New Delhi. It was the largest crowd Eisenhower ever has faced...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Huge Crowd Honors Eisenhower; President to Leave India Today | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Rabbi Wanted. The 21,000 Bene Israelites, most of them in the Bombay area, are the largest single group in India's small (25,400) Jewish community. There are 28 Bene Israel synagogues, whose congregations will hold their first assembly in Bombay this month. After living and intermarrying for centuries with the Hindus, Bene Israelites practice many Hindu customs. Most of them eat no beef, in observance of the Hindu prohibition against slaughtering cattle. They break the bangles of a widow when her husband dies, and remove from her neck the mangal sutra (auspicious thread) of black beads that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Saturday's Oilmen | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...final night of solicitation, Eliot House moved up from second place to win the $20 worth of phonograph records offered by the Coop to the House with the largest rate of per capita giving in the Combined Charities Drive. The Eliot House average was $6.53, nearly double the winning figure of last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Charities Net $21,657; Eliot Finishes On Top | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...group wanted the Stadium because it has the largest capacity of any local playing field, its parking facilities are relatively good, and the Harvard name would be an asset. The owners had built many of their plans around the Stadium and now must seek one of four alternative sites in the area...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper and Robert E. Smith, S | Title: University Will Reject Offer to Rent Stadium | 12/4/1959 | See Source »

Adams House, last year the lowest House in donations, jumped off to first place in competition for the prize for the largest per capita contribution. Adams House donations totaled $415, with the average gift approximately $8.95. Quincy took second place with an average donation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams House Leads in Charities Gifts | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

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