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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...They Shook the Plum Tree, Lewis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Oct. 11, 1963 | 10/11/1963 | See Source »

Several minority interests were represented, as individuals lobbied for elevators, taller and fewer buildings, a moat or pond. "Preserve the Gingko Tree!" cried one girl. The tree, at the corner of Walker and Shepherd Streets, is in no danger. "Don't destroy the volleyball court!" she also pleaded. The court is doomed...

Author: By Faye Levine, | Title: What Do 'Cliffies Think About New Quad? | 10/9/1963 | See Source »

...They Shook the Plum Tree, Lewis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Records, Cinema, Books, Best Sellers: Oct. 4, 1963 | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

...THEY SHOOK THE PLUM TREE, Lewis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Sep. 27, 1963 | 9/27/1963 | See Source »

When Paper Talks. Compiling an Indian language requires the teacher to be taught by his pupils. If he is lucky, a field worker will find at least one member of the tribe with a smattering of Spanish or Portuguese. The institute man then points to a hut, tree, rabbit, or other familiar object and asks the Indian the word for it. As he learns the Indian dialect, the linguist records the sounds on tape. Then, using basic phonetic symbols, he constructs an alphabet for the language. The process can be exasperating. One tribe of suspicious Bolivian Indians refused to cooperate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Americas: Apostle of the Alphabet | 9/27/1963 | See Source »

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