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...headwaters of the Rio Grande in New Mexico. For them, civilization and the cathedral which symbolized it lay in Mexico City, over 1,000 miles to the southeast. When their imported plaster statues crumbled and the oil paintings in their adobe chapels faded away, they created their own rowel-sharp art. It was one of history's best examples of the meeting of simplicity and sophistication...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Desert Saints | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...beyond doubt the most goose-fleshing chiller-dillers in air history. At each broadcast's opening a deep, dark, dank voice would instruct listeners to put their lights out and settle back in their chairs, whereupon gore would commence to flow, bones to snap, screams and groans to rowel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Mouths South | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

...contestants in the walking match have changed positions. Hazael is now in front, followed by Fitzgerald, while Rowell is number 4. Rowell and Hughes are in rather poor condition. A doctor attended Rowel at noon yesterday, and the report is that he is either ill or shamming. The following was the score at 2 o'clock this morning : Hazael, 445; Fitzgerald, 424; Rowell, 410; Hughes, 382; Sullivan, 410; Hart, 410; Noremac, 394. The score at 3 o'clock was : Hazael, 450; Fitzgerald, 427; Hart, 412; Sullivan, 411; Rowell, 410; Noremac, 400; Hughes, 382. The bookmakers yesterday afternoon were offering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GREAT WALKING MATCH. | 3/3/1882 | See Source »

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