Word: extant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been told them; old bucks wiped away a tear and thought of the Bal Bullier. Critical opinion next morning proclaimed that "Madame Karsavina is a very beautiful woman who gives much pleasure" (The New York Times) ; that "Madame Karsavina is one of the best dancers actively extant" (The New York Herald-Tribune) ; that "Madame Karsavina is an artist of the first rank. She possesses technique, grace and eloquence of gesture and pose" (New York American). But no one suggested that the epithet that has adorned, in small black letters, so many billboards, should be one tittle altered-the epithet which...
...Rome. His work is well-nigh finally authoritative for the period from the landing of Aeneas in Italy to the death of Drusus, 9 B.C. Knowledge of the contents of the lost books was derived from so-called periochae, or epitomes, an almost complete set of which was extant. The recovered books, it was said at Naples, were "destined to revolutionize the whole history of the Roman pe riod." Professor Delis also stated that Professor di Martino-Fusco had discovered two other codices of immense importance-rumored to be a First Century life of Christ, a life of St." Januarius...
...with Luis Martucci, professional at Lake Hopatcong Country Club, N. J., who, like him, has but one arm. Yves, Jr., aged 18, swart and stocky, holds the professional title of France, understudied Abe Mitchell in England for two years, is one of the most promising players extant...
...heat and pressure. Under this pressure, some of the heavier oil "cracks;" that is, breaks up into lighter, more volatile gasoline. The general idea of this process was invented more than 60 years ago. The patents on it have expired. The Government charges that the only patents still extant are trivial and relate only to details of the "cracking" process. Five companies, the Standard Oil of New Jersey, the Standard Oil of Indiana, the Standard Development Co., the Texas Co., the Gasoline Products Co., are accused of controlling these minor patents, pooling them, and licensing them to other companies under...
...French archeologists discovered at Saliyeh in Syria a buried Greek city founded just after the death of Alexander the Great and abandoned in 273 A. D. It contained a parchment written in 189 B. C.,"said to be the oldest Greek manuscript extant," and important mural paintings...