Word: aridity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Community Book Shop, as agents for The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, have an attractive proposition to offer those who would like to shake the dust of this arid country from their shoes for a short while and dwell under the British flag in pursuit of the well-known happiness...
...before it can be precipitated, according to the government meteorologists. For instance, 73,320 tons of moisture would have to be drawn into the air to cause a rainfall of only one inch over an area of even one square mile, an amount which would be negligible in an arid region like Ari- zona. Widespread drought is due to lack of water in the air, and obviously no device can bring down what is not there. Proposals to cause precipitation by sprinkling dust particles in the air to condense the moisture are futile, say the Washington experts. It is admitted...
Community Book Shop, as agents for The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, have an attractive proposition to offer those who would like to shake the dust of this arid country from their shoes for a short while and dwell under the British flag in pursuit of the well-known happiness...
...culture of primitive peoples. Physical characteristics of these people are shown by skeletal material from all parts of the world. The earliest known implements of man are represented by the very complete groups from the river gravels of France and England, from the caves of France, and from the arid regions of northern Africa. Later developments of man in Europe are illustrated by important early collections of artifacts of the pile dwelling tribes of the Swiss Lakes and the dolman building people of northern and eastern Europe. The prehistoric cultures of America are especially well shown by remains from cemeteries...
...whole point of "Three Soldiers" is the negation of this. War gives scope to some virtues, but who is there who will defend the thesis that it calls out more of the good in man than the bad? To gain an end, it appeals to the bestial arid the savage. It exalts the "hard-boiled", physical courage which is by no means the most difficult and rare of the virtues. The animal world is full of it. But there are other values in life which war thwarts, chokes, and prevents. Have these no night to their day in court...