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Word: blackfish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...legends (including one that Boone lived with a Shawnee squaw), moderates a number of storybook feats. But in the main his 480-page dead-eye biography portrays Boone as a deserving hero. Not even adolescents will be disillusioned by the true story of Boone's escape from Chief Blackfish, his wily strategy in the siege of Boonesborough, his exploits as an officer of the Kentucky militia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Elbower | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

...makes no effort to analyze why the captain swims so awkwardly or why "a man of steel" should keep himself so plump. Killers of the Sea contains some really good shots of a white man and a Negro in a dory being towed and finally upset by a huge blackfish which they have harpooned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 17, 1937 | 5/17/1937 | See Source »

...large lecture hall of the Biological Laboratories on Divinity Avenue. Anabiosis deals with the suspension of life, a subject upon which Borodin has already done considerable experimenting. In his lecture he will describe the recent discoveries along this line which have resulted from his freezing the hardy Alaskan blackfish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Borodin Will Discuss Anabiosis In Lecture at Biology Building | 12/14/1932 | See Source »

...conclusively proved that certain species of fish can be frozen and still continue to live according to N. A. Borodin, Curator of Fishes at the Museum. Borodin has been working for some time trying to freeze different types of fish and has finally been able to keep the Alaskan blackfish in ice for, many hours without killing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXPERIMENTS BY BORODIN PROVE FISH CAN LIVE IN ICE | 12/9/1932 | See Source »

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