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Word: cornelian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...purposes of this article, I am not at liberty to divulge the plans which Eddie Farrell has up his sleeve, but if they work out as well as time-trials indicate, some of the races will provide eye-openers. Certain events that are conceded to the Green and Cornelian may be captured by Harvard and it is quite within the reach of the Harvard team to clinch the meet for the fifth successive year by 9.10 o'clock on Saturday night--one full hour before the varsity relay is scheduled...

Author: By George C. Carens, | Title: GREEN VIES WITH CRIMSON FOR LEAD IN NEW FORECAST | 2/21/1929 | See Source »

...colorful people, rainbow scenery, amazing weather. The lean, kind, sandy figure of Kit Carson welcomes the Bishop at Taos. Navajos, Zuñis, Acomas, remnants of the cleanly pueblo tribes, move quietly about in smaller villages, vivid as their blankets and pottery, drawn with the patient accuracy of an archeologist. Cornelian hills circle Santa Fé, where the cathedral arises like a golden butte. Windstorms smother the bishop on the plains, cloudbursts drench him among the peaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Sep. 26, 1927 | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

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