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Caviar. In Moscow's Mayakovskaya Square, 30 Yale students on a determined good-will expedition sang songs, answered questions about the U.S. in serviceable Ivy League Russian. Over at the usually solemn Tchaikovsky Conservatory, two members of the Yale group, U.S. Jazzmen Dwight Mitchell (piano) and Willie Ruff (bass), fractured a cheering, stomping crowd of Russians. In Manhattan, customers waited in long lines to buy tickets for the Russian Music and Dance Festival, scheduled to open this week at Madison Square Garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Peaceful Coexistence | 7/13/1959 | See Source »

...stroke, or it may be caused by a tumor. Though it is seldom seen today, a particularly common tumor among peasants of the Middle Ages, who lived close to their herds, was tuberculoma. This was often caused by the bacilli of bovine tuberculosis-the same bacteria that made the ruff fashionable to hide the swellings of scrofula ("the king's evil"). Since Joan's right-side perception was affected, the tumor would be in the left hemisphere of her brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Trouble with Joan | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

...performers in traveling French circuses. They were capable retrievers in the field; their sensitive noses and remarkable swimming ability made them favorites among hunters. Virtually all that today's show poodle has to remind it of its ancestors is an elaborate coiffure that once made sense. The luxuriant ruff left thick from head to hindquarters provided warmth when working outdoors in hunting weather. The short-shorn saddle over the rump and the shaven legs with bracelets of hair over hock and foot allowed the dog freedom of action while swimming and still provided necessary protection against heat and cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pampered Poodle | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

...first singles, Heckscher defeated Brown's top player, Ed Flattau, 6-1, 6-3, again demonstrating the depth of the Crimson team. Number six man Phil Mills, moved up to Gottlieb's second position to top Ruff Bullock by a handy 6-3, 6-0 count...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Varsity Defeats Brown, 9-0 | 4/27/1957 | See Source »

Behind Stokes will be Roger Fleischman, also a returning letterman. A steady player, Fleischman rarely rolls in the ruff, concentrating on accuracy rather than power...

Author: By James W. Singer iii, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 4/13/1956 | See Source »

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