Word: bravos
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First commercial micropaleontology was undertaken about 1920 in Houston and Dallas by Humble Oil and Refining Co., Rio Bravo Oil Co., Atlantic Refining Co. In 20 years micropaleontology has become a favorite course of budding geologists because of the jobs it offers. An expert Texas micropaleontologist can diagnose the age and character of 100 underground samples a day, making a geological index of 3,000 to 4,000 feet of drilling. In California, where petroleum signs are more complex, scientists must identify about 100 types of fossils in each sample, and analysis is far slower. All told, some 500 fossil...
Later that night Minister of the Interior Arturo Olavarría Bravo announced to the convention that Delegate Fernando Pinto Sepulveda had died of his wounds...
...song." It is a cancion bolero with a lovely, lazy melody and a fetching Franz Lehar swipe at the end of the middle part, and Senor Armengod has the voice to sing it bravely. But Amor, Amor, Amor is not new. It has been played south of the Bravo (Rio Grande to Yanquis) for several years. It is called new by Mexicans because, with the fierce competition among composers for the few outlets Mexican music publishing offers, a song has to be very good to be heard at all, and Mexicans tend to prolong the youth of their limited number...
Dean Morse has an injured neck; Trajillo-Bravo is on crutches with a badly sprained ankle; Bob Axtell smashed his nose; and two others have minor injuries. At present Link Clark, Bill Murphy, and Elmer Taylor are the mainstays of the skeleton team...
Several in Mr. Hollander's audience cried "Bravo." Many another got up and left, or stayed and hissed "Communist." Pretty incoming President Mrs. George V. Ferguson of Winnipeg took a deep breath, rose and said graciously: "Thank you, Mr. Hollander. You have given us much to think about and we will talk about it long...