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...road to Tulare, Calif., one afternoon last fortnight two vehicles collided; the confusion that resulted made traffic impossible until sundown. One of the vehicles carried hives loaded with bees. Traffic officers bravely took posts at points along the road to advise motorists to take detours until dark, when the bees returned to their hives again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: May 7, 1928 | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

Return. Soon after his third sundown in Havana, President Coolidge will ask the Texas to ferry him back to Key West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: To Cuba | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

Skjellerup's comet will be visible for the first time from Cambridge due west just at sundown on December 19, according to an announcement last night by Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy and Director of the College Observatory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECENTLY DISCOVERED COMET TO BE VISIBLE HERE DEC. 19 | 12/13/1927 | See Source »

...doughty Plympton Street aggregation the University punsters have inevitably succumbed. Investigation has followed investigation but never has any cause been found for the defeats except the undeniable superiority of the newspapermen. Already, in anticipation of the gloom which will be its lot while all Plympton Street rejoices at sundown. Mt. Auburn street is being decked in black. The inevitable is rapidly becoming known as such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 23 to 2 Tally To Tell Tale of Titanic Tilt Today--Lampoon And Crimson Renew Diamond Rivalry With Same Old Result | 5/18/1927 | See Source »

Another time, workmen roped off a main London thoroughfare, spat on their palms, swung picks all morning, sat on the edge of the gaping asphalt to eat their lunches, continued their havoc until sundown, then returned to their colleges and usual clothes. Weeks of traffic congestion failed to reveal the hoax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sub Specie Aeternitatis | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

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