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Word: coverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...federation of six States composing the Commonwealth of Australia, created Jan. 1, 1901. It occupies the north-east quarter of the continent. Captain Cook discovered it in 1770. Forests cover half its surface. Its chief source of wealth is in minerals; gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, and coal are mined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Australian Credit | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

While Cardinal Gasparri held out for and secured to the Papacy the technical right of appointment, Dr. Benes was able to cover this trump with the proviso that Papal appointments in Czechoslovakia shall be made only with the consent of the State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Rendering unto Prague | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

...Each stood for one of the tutelary demons of the dead -dog-headed Hapt (Hepy*) who represented the north, man-headed Amset for the south, ape-headed Duamutef for the east, falcon-headed Kebhsenuf for the west. They had no power to wither the modern hands which gripped the covers of the jars and twisted gently. Removal was not difficult for each cover had a knob on it. Craftsmen had carved the knobs into careful and duplicate images of TutankhAmen's head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Last Relics | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

Consternation sent animals racing to their jungle cover on the Island of Komodo (one of the Dutch East Indies). A bird droned like a million flies above the trees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Dragon Lizards | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

...cover is one of the best, including the recognizeable figure in the L and the ibis, wearing an expression of maternal anxiety, hatched baby deans out of University Hall. There is a pretty thought for you! One of the questions in "The Little Known Courses" might be, "Have any ever broken the shell?" And the insides of the number are good. "Another Prowler" by LCJ, who has also a cartoon, not so powerful as his Hickman cartoon (which deserved more notice than it got), is the best of the drawings. But Personalities No. 5. is good also. And anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINDS CURRENT LAMPOON ISSUE NOT STARTLING | 2/11/1928 | See Source »

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