Word: developing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...logs brought a profit. He sank the money in an Oklahoma oil pool and came out with $100,000. Soon he was a millionaire producer with properties dotted all through the midwest, from southern Kansas to northern Texas. He would spot a place, buy or lease it, develop it, sell out and look for another place. He kept control of richest wells...
...nature of the "rights" possessed by U. S. holders of Mexican lands in 1917 shall include "oil rights" only in case it can be proved that they performed some "positive act" showing that they were developing or proposed to develop their lands to produce...
Much stress has been laid by the press on the fact that Stefansson and Anderson did not develop scurvy. There was no reason why they should develop scurvy, beri beri, or chilblains. All three vitamins, A, B and C, are present in small amounts in fresh lean meat; liver contains more of them. Other foodstuffs contain even more, it is true, but if the men were allowed all they wanted to eat, they would get enough of the essential vitamins in the beef products to satisfy. The real interest in such an experiment lies in the effect of a meat...
...daily workouts in the Briggs indoor cage are being rushed because of the early vacation this year. In former years the team has usually had at least a week more time to develop before it went on the spring trip. There will be a game with Boston University on April 7, one day before their departure. The itinerary of the trip is as follows...
...unique exhibition of paintings done by the modern American Indian and lent by Miss M. C. Wheelwright, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Miss A. E. White. Most of the pictures come from the region around Santa Fe. There has been an attempt to have the Indian develop a distinct art of his own, based on the design and color of the older traditions. Most of these paintings portray various ceremonies of peace and war. However, many of the war dances are in reality peace dances performed in a religious spirit to celebrate the close of hostilities...