Word: 12th
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such a state of affairs came to pass today we should say, "Ah, an eclipse." British astronomers have, according to despatches last week, determined that the only total solar eclipse visible from Ithaca, home of Ulysses, during the first quarter of the 12th Century B. C., occurred at 11:41 a.m. local mean time, April 16, 1177 B. C. From this deduction the Trojan War was dated 1197 to 1187 B. C.; Ulysses' wanderings...
...Revived" in 1868 when the Shoguns, who had ruled as de, facto sovereigns since the 12th Century, were overthrown by the descendants of Jimmu, who comprise the present dynasty. The Constitution of Japan declares (Chapter I, Article D : "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal...
...short story, has a pattern; events climb up to a climax, poise for a moment, then climb down again. So it was with the match of Gunn against Jones. The knot in the chain, the plateau of the climb, the scene the reporters were waiting for, came at the 12th hole...
...generally bruited that the man appointed administrator for the 7th District, Virginia, is thanking C. Bascom Slemp, former Secretary to President Coolidge, for the job; that the administrator for the 11th District, Kentucky, is thanking Senator Ernst; that the administrator for the 12th District, Ohio, is thanking Senator Will that in short, a score of politicians are receiving thanks from the new administrators...
...hunting box built by Louis VII in the latter part of the 12th Century and added to by subsequent kings, which came to be known as the Palais de Fontainebleau, was in danger of being destroyed last week by fire. Yokels, burghers, firemen, policemen, guards, women, children and troops, helped to put out the fire before any material damage had been done...