Word: african
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Calm and fearless, the bushmaster is one of the rare snakes (others: African mamba, Malayan king) which will attack a human being without provocation. Though its venom is slightly less toxic than the fer-de-lance's, it injects far more, hence is deadlier. One human victim died in less than ten minutes...
...have listened to Italianizing propaganda or suffered from a sort of snobbishness, to regard their ancient speech, which I believe to be a living relic of the language of Carthage, as a form of Arabic. Being good Catholics they easily got the idea that Maltese linked them with African infidels, while Italian linked them with Christian Europe. Against this tendency I have fought throughout my political life...
...increase in diamond imports. Distress stocks of defunct jewelry firms still hang unsold over the market and even the desire for possession of tangible goods as a hedge against Inflation has not led to any appreciable buying of jewels-possibly due partly to fear that if the South African diamond syndicate operating under that dominion's Precious Stones Act of 1927 ever let go its artificial limitation of supply, owners of diamonds might be left high & dry. But although Americans are not hoarding precious stones, and cannot hoard the No. 1 precious metal, gold, there has been a large...
...favorite. Up to the quarter-mile Limelight held the lead, seemed likely to win his nth race of the season. Then up out of the mud pounded a very dark horse indeed, Raymond, a starter at 33-to-1. Raymond's jockey was a scrawny little South African named George Nicholl. Raymond's owner was the great South African diamond tycoon. Sir Abe Bailey. Raymond finished an easy winner. His Majesty's Limelight was not even in the money. "The King loses!" cried sympathetic spectators. King George dropped his glasses in his lap. Queen Mary...
...English barbarians. This idea is brought about by the fact that the archbishop's face has rather negroid characteristics and the glass which goes to make in that area is of a dark brown color. One will recall of course, that St. Monia St. Augustine's mother, was of African extraction...