Word: extinct
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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John C. Carter '41 uncovered one large print, which after debate was attributed to the great race of extinct reptiles. Proudly tucking the case of it under his arm, he brought it back to present to his home-town library...
...plaques were scattered about the College to remind students of the long and significant story which Harvard had behind her. Interest was considerable, and many leaders of undergraduate activities became prominently associated with it. However, the years ushered in the doldrums, and by 1936, the Society was practically extinct...
Under the leadership of Dr. Hallam L. Movius '02 and Dr. Hellmut de Terra the expedition has discovered extinct fossils of the Himalayan ice age--a buffalo, a hippopotamus, and elephants...
...correct if proven true. At Harvard, as in most universities, required courses have been cut to a minimum, and the only ones now exacted are those held essential to a student's understanding of his field. "Snap courses," which indolent students take to fulfill requirements, are also becoming extinct, so much so that Comparative Literature 35 has long been renowned as the exception proving the rule...
...sweeping technological changes which have transformed the character of economic enterprise, much of America is still thinking in terms of myths applicable to the days before the giant corporation became the dominant economic unit. He shows us that the folklore of individualism built around a creature fast becoming extinct makes us look upon huge corporations as individuals, and government regulation of these organizations as invasions of private rights...