Word: antediluvian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Founded in 1830 to afford worthy reading for the "better homes," the Transcript for 109 years was controlled by the family of Henry Worthington Button. In its antediluvian quarters across from the Old South Meeting House, the editorial offices of the Transcript reminded visitors of the sedate reading rooms of the Athenaeum. Reporters, scrupulously chosen with regard to social as well as journalistic attainment, lent a decorum to match the Transcript's antique presses (which had been named after members of the owning family). Until 1936 the single elevator was still operated by steam. (Said a visiting Englishman...
...Dimetrodon, Triceratops and the other monsters who roamed the earth when time was young give vent to their antediluvian feelings, if at all?" Roach was ready to shoot sequences in "1,000,000 B.C." showing a death fight between Tyrannosaurus and Dimetrodon. Only sound was lacking...