Word: discover
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Biologists, interested in the tiny marine organisms called ascidians, heard good news from Tokyo: this summer Emperor Hirohito will publish his second book on marine life, Ascidians of Sagami Bay, the result of four years' research and 20 years of specimen collecting in which he discov ered 21 new species. His first book. Opisthobranchia of Sagami, published four years ago, was a bestseller among marine biologists...
...service. Some time after Abdul Mejid died, the Russian ambassador at Constantinople used his friendship with the Queen Mother to get Midhat recalled from the Balkans. Midhat squared himself with the new Sultan, Abdul Aziz, and was soon appointed Grand Vizier of the Empire. From this lofty eminence he discov. ered that the Sultan was growing rich, at his country's expense, on bribes from a wealthy Austrian railroad man. Midhat appealed to the Sultan's conscience. The Sultan returned the bribes and sulkily fired Midhat. Soon afterwards, in 1876, Abdul Aziz was deposed by his nephew Murad...