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...mathematics, a written language, games with rubber balls were known to the Maya people. The truncated pyramids on which the Maya built their temples still stand in the jungles of Mexico and Yucatan. Like the jungle itself, their carvings were luxuriant with plumes and ornaments, massive, configured in snake-like coils and curves. Baltimore's show includes many of the best-preserved Maya figures of gods and warriors, huge-nosed and somnolent; often squashed into semi-abstract patterns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mexicans & Friends | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

Other joyous spectators poured onto the field and held a snake dance, led by the hand, while red flares, held by cheerleaders, illuminated the scene. Cheering and laughing, the crowd swept ontor of the packed stadium, across the Lars Anderson Bridge, and into the Square. There they tied up traffic for 15 minutes as the band played several selections...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wild Celebrations Mark Aftermath of Crimson's Win Over Frank's Bulldogs | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

...What will the snake dance be like, Dr. Smoke-Stack...

Author: By Morgan O. Preston, | Title: Cliche Expert In Milk Street Interview Claims Harvard or Yale May Win | 11/20/1937 | See Source »

...body is the strongest, largest and the most important part of any SNAKE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Says Capitalists Dumb As Athletes, Seas System's End | 10/19/1937 | See Source »

...Laws of Capitalism are the Laws of the jungles. Capitalism, like a snake, is made of three parts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Says Capitalists Dumb As Athletes, Seas System's End | 10/19/1937 | See Source »

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