Word: distant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...worriedly harkening to an unaccustomed roar, certain brave citizens of Tokyo patronized, last week, the first subway to be opened in the Far East. The new line, constructed after U. S. designs, stretches from the Tokyo railway terminus to the amusement park of Asakusa one mile and a half distant...
...early practices were devoted mainly to conditioning the green material, but with the opening of the new practice session more attention will be paid to developing the runners for the distant events. With this in view Coach E. L. Farrell announced that the first time trials and races between the men will be held within the next...
That human divergence causes no inconvenience when a person looks at distant objects. When he looks at close objects for long periods he forces his eyes to twist towards each other and so strains their muscles. Then he has myopia; then he is nearsighted. To prevent the affliction, Dr. Wiseman recommended the use of prism glasses...
Africana THE AFRICAN A SAGA-Blaise Cendrars-Payson & Clarke ($5). American Negro music, African sculpture have been elevated in the not distant past to positions of considerable dignity. The music, once regarded as inconsequential if not less, is now found to contain certain definitely worthwhile qualities; the sculpture is not simply a collection of hideous absurdities but rather a notable form of art. What, then, of Negro literature and folklore? Translator Margery Bianco gives to us in The African Saga, from L'Anthologie Negre of Blaise Cendrars, roving student and compiler, a comprehensive reply to this question. Legends, stories...
...militarists for the sake of the large revenue the opium trade yields. Lack of political unity is easily recognizable in china, tor while the Chinese have a remarkable solidarity, there is nevertheless, no well-articulated national feeling. The imperial government has been a mere figure-head to the far distant provinces. The center of Chinese government has been the village, and village democracy, in turn, oenters in the office of elder, and seldom reached as far as a provincial loyalty. Moreover, the Chinese life owes a primary allegiance to the clan, and not to the nation itself...