Word: african
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...took more points than any other contestant at the Intercollegiate Indoor Track Championships. Later, he was the leading member of a U. S. track team which toured South Africa. Voters for the Sullivan Medal like to cite an international athlete when one is available. Of Berlinger's South African exploits, they said: "He did more to spread the gospel of goodwill between America and South Africa than any mem ber of the party, according to Manager Gish."* Other voters called him ''a sterling character . . . innately modest . . . a successful influence for good among the growing generation ... a crack...
...Grinnell, Iowa, two barbers. Ed Jansen and John Ditzler, organized a ten-day, highpoint craps-match, patterned after the Lenz-Culbertson bridge match, to demonstrate the respective merits of the "African twist" v. "cotton roll." Late results, posted on the barber shop window, showed that Barber Ditzler, using the cotton roll, was 17 passes up on Barber Jansen...
Tactfully Premier Hertzog said no more last week than that his Government "plans" to have the South African branch of the Royal Mint strike very shortly a new basic coin containing 113 grains of fine gold. Great Britain's pound, while on the gold standard, was also equivalent to 113 grains of fine gold, and South Africa's pound still is. Thus the Union's new unit will have exactly the same value as her present unit; but it will have a gorgeous, glowing 100% South African name, "the Rand...
...Nizam--German Fascist, Indian Ruler, Russian City famed for fairs, African...
...male Bongo just received are among the finest in any collection. The animal is usually found in the dense forests of West Africa. These specimens are of the Eastern race which is confined to the highland forest areas of Kenya Colony. They have more massive horns than the West African race and the hide has a richer and brighter rufus color. The most characteristic things about these animals are the white cross stripes on the hide and the smooth, open, spiral form of the horns...