Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wells believes that as our life span increases we ascend the spiral of progress. Sex, he thinks, becomes of less importance and civilization attains maturity. By artificially living longer we are doing something quite out of the range of the other animals. Thus, homo sapiens leaves his competitors far behind in the race, and in his lengthened life can use his mating energies for better things. The results are interesting when this theory of Mr. Wells is applied to the lives on alligators and caterpillars. The latter live only a few days as adult butterflies mate, flutter about...
...curious singing noise, like the hum of bees, made itself heard in the distance. I was about to inquire the reason when Eddas clutched my arm convulsively and pointed to the rear. Turning as rapidly as I could, I was just in time to see a mounted figure disappear behind a ridge a mile away. At the same moment 'Ham and--" gave a grunt and indicated a group of three camel men to the right and almost abreast of us, but at a distance of a mile or more. They were evidently attempting to head us off, for their Meharis...
...curses in mixed French and Arabic and lashed the faltering baggage camels. Finally, one of these missed his footing and went sprawling among the boulders, his long legs waving madly to and fro. We couldn't stop, for our would-be visitors were now only a few hundred yards behind, but, looking back a moment later, I saw the poor brute get to its feet and lumber along after...
...ends will again be under the instruction of C. R. Carney, one of the greatest ends ever turned out in the Big Ten Conference, who was an All-American choice while playing his last year: at the punts rapidly, and often cutting in behind the line to throw the runner for a loss...
...must leave them behind", said Fish with his usual brevity...