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...Denmark suddenly decided all Greenland was worth having. Like an ant with a dead beetle, it claimed sovereignty over an area 50 times as big as itself. Startled were Norwegians who had always quietly thought and quietly said that eastern Greenland was theirs. They began to remember Eric the Red's drowned vikings, the seals and the lie, began to mutter that Norway had been put upon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY-DENMARK: Brother Christian Wins | 4/17/1933 | See Source »

...course", he said, "in my own case I was brought up with them and have translated them all my life. I have always been found of them and I shouldn't want and don't expect to see any consist ant falling off in their study. I find that this University still sends out many professors well trained in the classics, and I am confident that it will continue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Palmer Declares Study of Classics in Original Language Has Definite Value -- Expects To See No Falling Off in Study | 2/18/1933 | See Source »

...Theatre, saw to it that the production had surface authenticity, managed sometimes to make it seem more than what it probably is-a resourceful compendium of dignified and exciting hokum. Good shot: Rasputin ordering the Tsarevitch to look through a microscope at a fight between a fly and an ant, then pushing the Tsarevitch away so that he can see it himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 2, 1933 | 1/2/1933 | See Source »

...find. Which won the race? At the finish, what was the time of each contestant? What was the distance covered while running by the housefly? How many times did the ant run around the track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Ant v. Housefly | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

...correct answers: The ant won the race in 11 hr. 20 min. The fly's time was 12 hr. 1 min. 16 sec. The fly ran 270 meters. The ant circled the track 382 times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Ant v. Housefly | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

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