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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then at 18:43, as the Crimson was changing lines, Fischer belted Les Duncan's rebound into the right corner from eight feet. The varsity skated off to a standing ovation from the near-capacity crowd...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Terriers Edge Sextet In Third Period, 3-2; Marquis Scores Two | 3/3/1959 | See Source »

Hallam L. Movius, Jr. '30, Curator of Palaeolithic Archaeology at the Peabody Museum, will lead an expedition to the small farming village of Les Eyzies in southwestern France this summer. He plans to study "the relationship between the Upper Paleolithic man and his slowly changing environment from 20 to 35 thousand years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movius to Study Palaeolithic Life, Prehistoric Man | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...Les Ballets Africains is the creation of Keita Fodeba, a 37-year-old lawyer who became Guinea's Minister of the Interior when that country chose independence last fall in Charles de Gaulle's referendum. As a law student in Paris in 1949, Fodeba led two other Guinean students, Artistic Director Kante Facelli, 35, and Administrator Achkar Marof, 28, in singing African songs over the French radio. What they sang went over so well that Fodeba assembled a successful dance group recruited from fellow Africans in Paris. Then the trio took off on a "25,000-mile" talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hit from Africa | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...thud of tom-toms and the calls of masked, grass-skirted witch doctors exorcising spirits. It closed with an exuberantly costumed rain dance that compares in color and good humor to New Orleans' Mardi Gras. The show: a fast-moving, two-hour demonstration of native dances by Les Ballets Africains, a troupe of skilled amateurs from newly independent Guinea. The 28 dancers have won raves all over Europe, last week dazzled Manhattan audiences and critics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hit from Africa | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...teams exchanged single goals in the second period. Paul Kelley received credit for a goal at 9:19 when he deflected Les Duncan's shot through his own legs as Duncan screened Frankenberg. Defenseman Ostebo hit the lower right corner with a long shot at 12:27, as Pratt failed with a leg save...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Dartmouth Defeats Crimson Sextet, 4-3 | 2/26/1959 | See Source »

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