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After eating more than my share (I surreptitiously undid the top button of my jeans) I was ready for the show to start. Conversation quieted as MIT sophomore Rosie Alegado came to the stage to perform a traditional opening chant called Oli Aloha. Her rich, deep voice gave shape to the complex and poetic chant, capturing everyone's attention and setting the tone for the hula dances to follow. It was clear, that this would not be one of those oft encountered theme party caricatures of Hawaiian culture where ti leaf skirts are traded for cellophane ones, where canned pineapple...

Author: By Breeze K. Giannasio, | Title: A FIRST-HAND REPORT FROM THE MIT LUAU | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...PALC leaders, Randall Robinson and James Winston, hit upon an ingenious strategy. The Portuguese, regimes they said, were propped by the investment of American-based oli companies, who provided needed foreign exchange and in some cases made direct payments to the Portuguese military. Several companies were involved, but Harvard owned a large block of stock in one of them, Gulf Oil, and it was here that PALL decided to use some judo...

Author: By Daniel Swanson, | Title: Social Judo: The Mass Hall Takeover | 4/19/1973 | See Source »

...gather evidence against officers who took part in the April 1961 revolt, eleven of its top generals were condemned to death in absentia or to prison terms. The chief of staff, General Paul Ely, resigned last year in open disagreement with De Gaulle, and his successor, General Jean Olié, resigned last month, pleading ill health. For his new chief, De Gaulle for the first time picked an air force officer, General André Puget, promoted him over half a dozen ranking officers, and prudently trimmed his powers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: The Army Disease | 12/1/1961 | See Source »

...sorri long ol dispela pikinini na yu laik givim liklik moni bilong halivim ol, yu ken givim long kommitti bilong yu or biringim sitaret igo long Distrik officer long Kiap. Gudpela pasin olsem i noken haIt or lus long tingting bilong ol pipal long ol arapela peles, na olsem-oli ken save tingting wanem ol peles bilong yumi-oli get tingling long halivim ol pikinini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Sing-out-Sorri | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...face the Boston Athletic Association in the Garden December 16, Chase will have a wealth of talent from previous Varsity and Freshman squads from which to draw. Strongest at defense, he has four vibrant hopes in Oli Taylor, member of the famous '41 Freshman team and subsequent Varsity star; George Tilghman, last year's first-stringer; Bill Glidden, also on the '45 team as a sub; and George Gebelen, pre-war Freshman and Varsity player...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Lining Them UP | 12/3/1946 | See Source »

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