Word: extinct
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...confident ford:asts of Prophets Vogel and Schermerhorn conflict. One is at a loss to rest his credence. Will the above list be intact by June? Will puzzle-publishing gradually sicken, fall off, in June be quite extinct...
...nearly extinct in Persia, but has a small, powerful constituency in the vicinity of Bombay, India. Their most highly prized virtue is purity, with which elaborate ceremonies are associated; and they look forward to a Heaven from which all filth is excluded and in which the light (Mazda) shines ever bright...
...Sodality had some trouble with other clubs, notably the competition with the Arionic Sodality, which came into being in 1813. The two clubs had the same interests, but the matter was settled through diplomacy, and the Arionic Sodality became extinct. Occasionally the records mention other clubs which still exist. In June, 1844, two members cut rehearsals as they preferred to attend a cat-fight in the Phi Beta Kappa rooms...
...Indians which were placed on exhibit in the Convention Club. They declared that they believed that these six were the only ones left in the United States. The Indian in front of Arthur's Smoke Shop, if these figures are correct, is the seventh of the almost extinct species...
...only a few obligations on your part-is that Yellowstone Park is becoming overstocked with buffalos and the cost of feeding them is growing greater every year. Originally, only a few animals could be obtained to stock the Park, and the Department feared that the species would soon become extinct. Not so. The herd grew steadily, until now there are 730 fine specimens of this healthy breed. Last Spring alone, there were 114 calves. The Interior is unwilling to kill these animals, and so offers them, a limited number, to those lucky citizens who apply in time-ABSOLUTELY FREE...