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Word: rio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bill Long, born in New Florence, Mo., raised in Brownsville, Texas, learned to fly in World War I, barnstormed all over the Rio Grande Valley after war's end. While flying in & out of Mexico with oil company payrolls, he heard reports of Mayan treasure in an inaccessible jungle. Long later parachuted into the wilderness, barely managed to hack his Way back (emptyhanded) to civilization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Oilfield Shuttle | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

...Council heard an informal talk by Paulo Martins, President of the Union of Students in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Martins said that the communists have flooded the country with propaganda. To counterack this, America should continue their exchange projects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Asks Lamont to Alter Fine System, Book Deadline | 3/6/1951 | See Source »

After the intermission, the entire Harvard-Radcliffe chorus performed the engaging "Rio Grande" by Constant Lambert with suitable vigor and gaiety. The continued excellence of the chorus and Miss Alberts, and the well-executed piano solos by Robert Wolverton closed the concert in the mood of "profane...

Author: By Bonhomme Vieuxmont, | Title: The Music Box | 3/2/1951 | See Source »

Oscar Henry 1G will sing the tenor title role. Other soloists are Eunice Alberts, contralto, and Paul D. Tibbetts '45, baritone. Robert G. Woverton '53 will perform the piano solo in Constant Lambert's "The Rio Grande...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Choral Clubs Present 'Oedipus Rex' Tonight | 2/28/1951 | See Source »

Heavy Take. In Seattle, the Sealth Souvenir Shop reported the theft of its 7-ft., 200-lb. wooden Indian. In Rio de Janeiro, a university student made off with a municipal street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 12, 1951 | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

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