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...Nirvana, aged 60, in the Potala, his massive fortress-palace in Lhasa high on the bleak plateau of Tibet. Dead, some said, of poisoning, was the 13th reincarnation of Buddha, absolute ruler of Tibet and of many a Buddhist elsewhere, Ah-Wang-Lo-Pu-Tsang-To-Pu-Tan -Chia-Ta-Chi-Chai- Wang-Chu-Chueh-Le-Lang-Chieh, otherwise known as Ngag-Wang Lobsang Thubden Gya-Tsho. From Buddhists who traveled up from India in the 7th Century, over torrential rivers and through snow-swept passes of the Himalayas, the Tibetans adopted their faith-Lamaism. A powerful hierarchy grew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In the Potala | 1/1/1934 | See Source »

Died. Ah-Wang-Lo-Pu-Tsang-To-Pu-Tan -Chia-Ta-Chi-Chai-Wang-Chu-Chueh- Le-Lang-Chieh. the Dalai Lama, 13th reincarnation of Buddha, ruler of Tibet; in Lhasa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 1, 1934 | 1/1/1934 | See Source »

Significant Battleships. Directly after his inaugural Provisional President de Cespedes, still sweating profusely, changed into a suit of white linen, enlivened by glistening tan shoes and an orange-striped shirt. "The people of Cuba desired the re-establishment of normal conditions," he told U. S. correspondents in perfect English, "and they acted almost unanimously in the quick, effective manner necessary to their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Loot The Palace! | 8/21/1933 | See Source »

...pulled out tufts of grass angrily. Then a beautiful blue butterfly had alighted on a thistle and she had watched it absorbed. For a moment a catapillar's struggle with an ant amused her. Bending over the pool, Niobe combed out her long black hair and admired her small tan shoulders. She had even twisted a garland of lacy white flowers which now lay crumpled in the grass. She pulled out a sweet root to nibble and dabbled her toes in the water, fretting about Dion and why he had gone away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 7/25/1933 | See Source »

...year ago. The range of jobs has recently been increasing to include many fields of production which, but a few months ago, offered no openings to job-seeking Seniors. Likewise, the starting salaries, while not to be compared to those of 1929 or 1930, are greater tan last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOB PROSPECTS FOR SENIORS 50% BETTER THAN LAST YEAR | 6/22/1933 | See Source »

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