Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...WONDERFUL VISIT-H. G. Wells and St. John Ervine wistfully intent on indicating that fallen Angels hit the Earth with a dull thud...
...annual return of the unprecedented sum of about $500,000,000. . . . "The people have never come to a full realization of the importance of the Washington Conference. It produced the one effective agreement among the great Powers in all the history of civilization for relieving the people of the earth from the enormous burden of maintaining competitive naval armaments. ... A policy was adopted which was more than revolutionary. It was sublime...
...attempt to radiocast a diver's voice from the seabottom having been successfully carried out in Philadelphia (TIME, Aug. 11), the Radio Corporation of America last week radiocasted the voice of an aeronaut, a mile above the earth...
Those astronomers who specialize in planetary lore are enjoying a treat since Mars is now at its closest point to the earth. The actual date of nearest approach is Aug. 23. At this time the planet is only 35 million miles away as against a possible distance of about 63 million miles when the two planets are at opposite sides of their orbits. These approaches, such as the present, occur every 26 months or so, but there is a variation of some 2 million miles in the nearness depending on what part of their eliptical orbits the two planets...
...Professor William W. Watts, President of the Geology section, declared that we are probably passing our peak of oil production. He suggested that in the future we may tap the internal heat of the earth as well as coal and waterpower. This may be done by deep mines or by taking heated gases from volcanic areas as is now being tried in Italy...