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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the sun rose, citizens of Macao rushed to rooftops and to hilly Luis de Camões Park with binoculars and telescopes, watched a drama that lasted until late afternoon. They could see several thousand commune members, surrounded by soldiers, gathered on a parade ground surmounted by a Red flag. Kneeling before the peasants, their backs to Macao, were three young men wearing black trousers and white shirts and with their hands tied behind them...
With characteristic spontaneity, Crimeds decided last night to do their bit to alleviate the burdens brought about by the strike. Ten thousand CRIMSONS have been rushed to the Big City, but the usual College press-run has been maintained...
Insurance will fully cover the cost of restoring the building and its furnishings, O'Brien noted. However, the total extent of damages will not be known for several weeks when the insurance company completes its inspection. Firemen at the scene estimated the figure would run into several thousand dollars...
Speaking before the Harvard-Radcliffe Liberal Union, Johanson, the Latin American editor of the Christian Science Monitor, pointed out that "In Argentina, the best steaks cost 26 cents a pound, while a Chevrolet may cost from ten to twelve thousand dollars. In Venezuela, on the other hand, ham and eggs may cost...
Another fire early Saturday morning caused several thousand dollars damage at the Lampoon building. This blaze destroyed a fifteenth-century fireplace and damaged a wall. The caretaker of the building had tried to extinguish the fire, but it broke out again and attracted the attention of a passing policeman at about 7 a.m. The fireplace may be reconstructed, "but it will be very expensive," Perry M. Smith '59, president of the Lampoon, commented...