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Word: earthed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ceremonies of last week were designed to get pickled King Sisowath finally into the presence of that being who appeared on earth as Gau ama (circa 480 B.C.) and was deified as the serene, immortal Buddha...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Pickled & Burned | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

Like all its inhabitants and all its swift and luminous companions, this earth must discover an eventual disaster. How the disaster will arrive, and when, is a matter for astronomers to ponder. Dr. James Hopwood Jeans, famed British astronomer, Secretary of the Royal Society, pondered; last week, in London, he spoke sadly of the dwindling universe. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Of the Earth | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...shocks were the first ones of distinct strength recorded in the seismograph in recent weeks. The needle began to record its jagged lines about 12.30 o'clock, and for two hours its agitation continued. Three main wave trains shook the shaft that penetrates the earth many feet below the recording instruments. The first one was written-out a few minutes after 1 o'clock, and the others followed during the next ten minutes. At a late hour yesterday afternoon the disturbances had not been definitely placed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EARTHQUAKE DETECTED BY UNIVERSITY SEISMOGRAPH | 3/17/1928 | See Source »

...sooner had he disappeared than the student pulled out from under his suit a duplicate control stick, which his fellow-students had advised him to take on his trip. He adjusted it carefully and came slowly down to earth, circling about the descending instructor with his right thumb pressed against his nose and his four fingers extended upward and outward, and with the smile still shining on his face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Air Story | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...will shake hands with Jesus and thank Him for coming to the world and for calling Billy Sunday to His work. He, Billy Sunday, will then say, in case his "hunch" bears fruit and he dies before Mrs. Sunday: "I left Nell and the children down there on earth and I'd like to hang around the gate here to meet them." Jesus, Mr. Sunday thought, would reply in these terms: "All right, Bill, just sit down there. They'll come right through here. . . . There's the biggest bunch from St. Louis you ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Seven Week Revivalist | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

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