Word: fishes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bare springs dug into our backs. The crude actions of the Cuban Government and the American Embassy make clear the fear on their part of honest investigation. Ambassador Caffery has a heart of Sugar. Vice Consul Donald D. Edgar played both ends against the middle. He is a fish. I am a Liberal, not a Communist...
...south, dot the drowned lands to the north. Still farther west, verging into Bolivia's Andean foothills, the land changes again to open woodland, broken by fertile plains. White men's investigation of the Chaco has been resisted by the savage Indians, ihenni flies, carnivorous piranha fish, anacondas, rattlesnakes, jaguars, skunks, vampire bats, alligators and the fact that good water holes are far apart, even in the rainy season (December through February...
...canyons toward the Equator, almost beat them. There were grueling portages around roaring rapids. Fever and bloodsucking insects sapped their strength. Once, when a whirlpool caught a canoe, a porter was drowned and Kermit nearly perished. They eked out their provisions by eating monkeys, Brazil nuts, honey, birds, turtles, fish, palm tops. Leader Roosevelt slept in a cot, which toward the end sagged badly; the others slept in hammocks. One day, to Roosevelt's surprise. Rondon revived flagging spirits by erecting a sign naming the river "Rio Roosevelt" by authority of the Brazilian Government. The party cheered bravely...
...Congressman, Ham Fish, Jr., was the last to be taken over the bumps. He was termed "the nine-lived Congressman who sees not only over our heads, but through them and is in the infra-red district of politics. Mr. Little's presentation was the best handled part of the program and brought many a hearty laugh from the spectators...
...tell of the "guppy Caesarean." I performed one which I feel even more interesting. I had separated the mother guppy from the rest of the fish by placing her in an uncovered bowl. After an absence of several hours I found the mother guppy lying dead and absolutely stiff on the floor, having jumped out of the bowl which 1 had neglected to cover. Being interested in anatomy I decided to see just how the young were arranged in the mother. Imagine my surprise when the first baby I removed straightened out and began to squirm. I got a glass...