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...perfectly smooth, so you can't use the walls for leverage. There's a legend that some skinny greased marvel once slipped through in a record 23 seconds, but I was lucky to have made it in under ten minutes. My coveralls were ripped and splattered with mud; but then, that was all supposed to be part...

Author: By George R. Merriam, | Title: Where Have The Explorers Gone? Today's Adventurer Craves A Cave | 11/3/1966 | See Source »

...With these rewards, cave exploring will never be a chic sport. But its devotees measure enjoyment in inches of mud...

Author: By George R. Merriam, | Title: Where Have The Explorers Gone? Today's Adventurer Craves A Cave | 11/3/1966 | See Source »

Brown had little trouble stopping the Quakers, registering a 6-1 win in the mud three weeks ago. The game wasn't all that lopsided, as the Bruins picked up four of their goals in the final 11 minutes...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Crimson Booters Battle Quakers; Harvard's 3-Game String At Stake | 10/29/1966 | See Source »

Sobbing Rescuer. In minutes, most of the school and 17 surrounding homes were buried deep under the silent, black slime. From nearby pits, miners rushed to the scene and tore at the debris with their hands, picks and shovels. Mothers struggled up to their waists in the mud and sludge, calling out for their children. Mrs. Pauline Evans, a 27-year-old housewife, climbed through a classroom window with a nurse and found a dozen children screaming in panic. "In another classroom, we could hear the voice of a little girl," she said. "But we could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Murderous Mountain | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

...learned from the Moors. Bullfighting became a sport shared by all the populace, and even an elementary form of baseball emerged. The cult of courtly love crossed the Pyrenees, and was adopted by Moorish lords, who in song and painting boasted of their prowess, both as warriors and lovers. Mudéjar art, produced by Moslems living under Christian rule, flourished. So did medicine and many of Spain's great universities date from this fruitful period. When in 1492, the year Columbus discovered the New World, the last Moors, as well as the Jews, were finally driven from Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Epochs: Where Both Sides Gained | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

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