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Word: brahma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...genus they named Ramapithecns in honor of Rama, stalwart, uxorious hero of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Another they christened Sitgriva-pitkeens, after Sugriva, king of the monkeys who helped Rama get his wife back from the demon-king of Ceylon. The third they named Bramapithecus for the Hindu God Brahma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

...building 1,000 miles of new fences, grubbing 15,000 acres clear of mesquite and chaparral to plant them with Rhodes grass from Africa. He is proudest of his new breed of cattle, the Santa Gertrudis, achieved after many a year of experiments. It is a cross of Indian Brahma cattle, which are resistant to the tropical heat and diseases of southern Texas, and pure-bred shorthorns, one of the great English beef breeds. The result is a fat, sleek dark-red cow, both hardy and marketable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Texas Rumble | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

...Orleans Luck Powder . . . Money-bringing Luck Bags, Holy Oil, and Dragon's Blood . . . Mystic Brahma lodestones . . . The Great 7 to 1 Dream Book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: No More Magic | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

...program is as follows: Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel Brahma Pieces enfantines Casella Poeme Serlabin La Danse d'Olaf Pick Mangiagalli Sonata in B minor Chopin

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Piano Recital | 5/15/1931 | See Source »

Allegretto, ma non troppe Prelude Ernest Bloch Night Ernest Bloch Tokgaiaboo Ernest Bloch Quartet in A miner, Op. 51, No. 2 Brahma...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRADIVARIUS QUARTET TO GIVE CONCERT IN FOGG | 11/13/1930 | See Source »

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