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Although the sole win came against Stevens, 10 to 5, in the opener, the high spots of the safari were the losses: to Maryland, 6 to 3; to Washington College, 13 to 11; and to Navy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Squad Drops Three but Looks Good Against Tough Teams | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...safari closes Saturday against Navy at Annapolis. Like Maryland, the Middies are a perennial powerhouse, and have already played several major games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Crimson Teams Go South on Spring Trips | 3/29/1952 | See Source »

...fact, quite frightening. All of them are brought together by a common desire; they want to get married. Since no one on the Eastern seaboard is interested in marrying them, they head out West to take what they can get. Westward the Women is their mule and waggon safari to California. They start off with Robert Taylor and a bunch of cowboys for protection. As things turn out, the cowboys need more protection than the women. Taylor warns his boys to "stay away from the wimin," and he shoots a few offenders to prove he means it. The women...

Author: By Michael Maccory, | Title: Westward the Women | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

...mediocre ball club and basketball again became a major part of the local sporting scene instead of an appendage of Holy Cross tilts at the St. Botolph Street palace. Students, the team and Shepard seem to like the Blockhouse, and it's improbable that Bolles will repeat the safari to the Arena even if the fans start lining up for seats in front of Wigglesworth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BETWEEN THE LINES | 1/19/1952 | See Source »

Hardened Saliva. Georgie found plenty of compensations, notably when he could go on jungle safari with the natives to gather birds' nests. In the land where the orchids grow wild, the men have grown tame, but collecting birds' nests still requires skill and daring. Slithering over masses of cockroaches, the natives enter bat-infested limestone caves. On rattan ladders, they climb 100 feet or so to gather the nests of swiftlets. These contain the birds' hardened saliva, basic ingredient of bird's-nest soup. The $100,000-a-year take from this export (to China) does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Back to Borneo | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

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