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...none of which had any profound effect on the powerless ruling House of Chakkri. Last week, young hepcat King Phumiphon Adundet,* his pretty Queen Sirikit and their eight-month-old daughter Princess Lotus Precious Stone arrived home from Switzerland to find their nation just recovering from one of the quietest coups in its history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SIAM: Revolution by News Broadcast | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

What is probably the quietest election in years for House representatives to the Student Council draws to a close tonight. From a field of 29 candidates, eight men--one from each House and Dudley--will be elected to serve on the Council until next fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houses Vote for 8 Council Seats From Field of 28 | 12/7/1951 | See Source »

...quietest weekends in a long time" was the only comment Chief Randall would make. For the first time this fall, no student's bursar's cards were collected by University police. Randall felt that Dean Bender's get-tough letter in Thursday's CRIMSON had a lot to do with stopping excess student enthusiasm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cronin's, Other Bars Feel ABC's Squeeze on Age | 11/14/1951 | See Source »

...Cambridge's quietest election campaigns came to a noisy close last night with a battle of sounds between freshmen in Strauss Hall and two of City Councillor Edward J. Sullivan's sound trucks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings, Sullivan Meet in Verbal Duel; Police Squelch Boos, Cat-Calls | 11/6/1951 | See Source »

Left to himself, Urriolagoitia might have felt obliged to hand over power to the M.N.R. As it was, he was only too glad to bow out and let the army take over. Result: one of the quietest revolutions in Latin American history. Brigadier General Hugo Ballivián, 49, Chaco War hero, became head of a ten-man junta (three generals, seven colonels). Ex-President Urriolagoitia rode peacefully from the palace to the airport, boarded a plane for Arica, Chile. Not a shot was fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: A Coup, Not a Cuartelazo | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

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