Word: aquila
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...Aquila, about 50 miles from Rome, packs of ravenous wolves were driven from the Apennines to the lowlands by the heavy falls of snow. At Cittaducale, a nearby village, a tramp was attacked and devoured, only his skull being found...
...represents a typical street in Venice during its gay carnival time. On one side of the stage is the stately house of a rich Bolognese doctor, with an arched doorway, and a broad balcony looking down upon the stage. Across the way is the entrance to an inn, the "Aquila D'Ors". Between the two buildings are steps and an embankment, which suggest the presence of a canal, and above which may be seen a deep expanse of sunny Venetian...
...review of the year includes the record of the work with various instruments in Cambridge and at Arequipa. Twenty-one variable stars were found in addition to a new star in the constellation. Aquila, which makes the sixth "Nova" discovered at Harvard by means of photography. At the Blue Hill Station, apart from routine observations, the chief work has been the continued exploration of the air by kites--twenty-two flights being made. The average height of these was 8973 feet, and the greatest single height being 15,800 feet. This system of lifting self recording instruments into the free...