Word: beading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Contents of a crocodile's stomach (research conducted by the Royal Zoological Society of London) : Eleven brass arm rings, three coiled wire armlets, one glass bead necklace, 14 arm and leg bones (not all human), three spinal columns, one length bark cord (used by colored porters to carry bundles), 18 stones of assorted sizes, several porcupine quills. (The crocodile lived in Tanganyika Territory, British East Africa...
Among the favorite topics of the day are those which have to do with time. Efficiency experts are as keen for the salvation of a minute as for the elimination of a bead of sweat. Jazz, with its syncopated notes, follows the fashion by trying to crowd more "music" into a shorter period. Nor are legislative bodies free from the influences of this movement. Daylight saving, a recurrent cause of conflict, is merely a means to make the most of recreation hours...
...Richards '14, chairman of the Graduate Advisory Committee on Football, and by Coach R. T. Fisher '12. All of the speakers emphasized the necessity of spring practice as a means of closer personal relations between the coaches and players and as offering an opportunity for getting a bead start on the work of the fall. Among others present were J. L. Knox, coach of the second team, T. S. Woods '20, and several underclass members of last fall's team...