Word: continentals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: I and others are advocating a national Indian holiday, to occur each year, preferably in the month of October at the time of the Harvest moon or during our glorious Indian summer. I notice whenever you mention the Indians that you are uniformly fair and impartial and I trust...
"However, there are some general fields in which we may find that Byrd has made great advances. For instance, we know almost nothing of the climatic conditions in Antarctica, since previous expeditions have remained there for only short periods. Another field in which we are in almost complete ignorance is...
At this point Professor Whittlesey paused to unroll a large map of the Antarctic continent.
"But," he continued, "Byrd has a large staff of scientists with him, and we may find them returning with a great deal of information concerning the land. And then they may discover a great deal concerning our own continent, which was completely covered by ice approximately 2000 years ago. The...
This specimen was the basis for the first scientific description of the genus gorilla on record. Dr. Wyman delivered a speech describing the gorilla to the Boston Society of Natural History. As time went on, and other specimens were discovered, they were sent back to museums on the continent of...