Word: central
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Contrary to lore snakes do not attack humans wantonly. They are lazy and timid and do not strike unless hurt or threatened with hurt. Exceptions are the African mamba, the Malayan King, the bushmaster of the tropics, and cascavel (a rattler) of Central America. A coach whip will sometimes follow a man. But it is only curious, and will speed away if threatened...
...Linder weighed 375 pounds. Last summer, he weighed only 341 pounds when he easily won the prize for fattest boy and ate his share of 15,000 quarts of ice cream, 10,000 quarts of milk and five tons of crackers at a Tammany children's party in Central Park (TIME, June...
Round 8. The Twentieth Century Limited pulled into Grand Central Station, Manhattan, and a man whose figure and stride made other travelers look like weaklings, smiled at reporters and told them to follow him into the Hotel Biltmore. There, the onetime Rooseveltian Rough Rider named Robert Wright Stewart sat in a little blue chair and said: "In the third place, I sincerely hope that Mr. Rockefeller is having a very nice time on his trip abroad...
...three events, the opening of West Indies air service was the most important. In many respects, it is more important than U. S. continental services. In this country the railroads supply swift transportation. Among the West Indies and in Central America, relatively slow steamers furnish communication...
...Central America...