Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...overhead, evidently headed for the Ethiopian capital. Twenty minutes later a sharp-eyed outlook fired a warning gun from the hilltop by the royal palace. Soon ten planes came over the eastern horizon. Traders and warriors in the town rushed into their compounds, blazed away at the sky with ancient muskets, double-barreled elephant guns, Belgian trade rifles, all with no apparent effect. For 15 minutes the Italian planes circled at an altitude of 6,000 feet. Then two broke away, dived at the airport with machine guns spitting alternate bursts of hard and incendiary bullets...
...planes were squatting before the hangar, a French Potez, and an ancient Farman. The Potez escaped with three bullet holes, but the Farman was riddled and burned impressively. When the Italians flew away a dog and a servant in the British Legation had been wounded...
...History (Departmental) Monday, May 4 Morning 9.15--12.15 Anthropology (written 9.15--12.15 English Literature (Part One) 9.15--12.15 French, German, Italian and Spanish Literatures 9.15--12.15 History and Literature--Final General Examination and Qualifying Examination (for Juniors, candidates for Honors) 9.15--12.15 Greek Translation 9.15--12.15 History of Ancient Philosophy and General Psychology 9.15--12.15 Sociology (Afternoon) 2.00--5.00 Music (Examination A) Tuesday, May 5 (Morning) 9.15--12.15 Fine Arts (written, with slides) 9.15--12.15 Geological Sciences 9.15--12.15 Latin Translation Literature, Ancient Authors (Honors) 9.15--12.15 Systematic Philosophy and Special Psychological Topics Wednesday, May 6 (Morning) Anthropology (oral...
...Captain January" is all about a small waif (guess who) cast up by the sea on a lighthouse rock, and two ancient mariners, one of whom keeps the light and unofficially adopts Miss Temple (Guy Kibbee), and the other of whom (Slim Summerville) attempts to alienate her affections by giving her a dancing crane, whom Miss Temple most winningly mistakes for an old acquaintance, thinking him a stork. It is really startling to notice how engrossed one becomes in the ways of the tenuous plot. For example, when Shirley is taking the examination that is to decide whether...
...with the north by the Golden Gate, with the east by San Francisco Bay. Travelers in either direction have had the choice of circling far to the south around the bottom of the bay or crossing it on one of four ferry lines. Last week the end of this ancient inconvenience came closer when workmen hoisted a 50-ft. eyebar from a barge below, finally joined the two halves of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, linked San Francisco to the east for the first time. Simultaneously, the California Railroad Commission concluded long deliberations, decided to allow electric trains...