Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shock recorded on the seismograph in the Geological Museum on Thursday afternoon was an earth tremor of unknown origin, according to an announcement made yesterday by Professor K. F. Mather of the Geological Department...
...thou art the earth...
...Reichenbach concludes that Barnum was right, perhaps Hamilton also. He couches his sentiment in the following plebeian idioms: "This and my other experiences as an engineer of publicity have convinced me that the axis of the earth is lubricated with banana oil and that the world thrives on applesauce...
...Museum he now heads. He has prosecuted extensive fossil explorations for the Museum, discovering and identifying many lost species (especially reptiles and pachyderms), and building up the largest collection of vertebrate fossils in the world. Among his best known books are From the Greeks to Darwin (1894) and The Earth Speaks to Bryan...
...ever seen a god on earth or even dared to dream of seeing one! Yet this is just what we have experienced. . . . Foch, the victor, went about Paris in uniform almost unnoticed; when Hindenburg, the vanquished, rode out, millions drunk with adoration were ready to strain their muscles to draw his carriage through the streets...