Word: fleshes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bureaus established in all the large cities throughout the country. Due to the complexity of the law in this complex present-day society, and the recognized power of wealth in deciding litigations, many aliens and persons without the means to protect themselves have to yield unjustly their pounds of flesh. It is the primary purpose of the Bureau to assist such as these...
...American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, Dr. Morton C. Kahn led an expedition into South America. Almost 200 years ago, African slaves in Dutch Guiana revolted, went into the bush to establish an Africo-South American civilization. Today the tribes live in thatched huts, cut designs into their flesh. Cowrie shells from the East Indies are used to adorn amulets as in Africa. The tribes speak "talkie-talkie," a mixture of Dutch, English, Portuguese, French and African. The Boni tribe in French Guiana has fallen under the influence of missionaries more than the Dutch tribes. Many of them wear trousers...
...Forest, confirmed the discovery. He found the animal to be only 24 ft. long, resembling a huge lizard with a long tail and tapering head. He said it had a snout like a pelican's beak, a head like an elephant. He found no fur. Six feet of flesh were preserved. Foxes and Eskimo dogs had eaten the rest. Since scientists were still puzzled, part of the huge carcass was taken to Cordova. So soon as weather conditions permit, Dr. Bunnell and helpers will go to Cordova, look the monster over carefully...
...form letter. Excerpts: "You are cordially invited to attend the gala opening of the Fifty-Eighth Street Country Club. . . . If you found a soupçon of enjoyment in my former place . . . in this Mecca of Merriment you will behold . . . the titillating tintinnabulating secret excitations of the Congo and flesh-shuddering, goose-creeping horrors of the Grand Guignol!" The letters-there were two editions-were signed: BELLE LIVINGSTONE...
...CALL OF THE FLESH-Just operetta with a concert tenor (Ramon Novarro) but hinting future grand opera for the cinema...