Word: flora
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have won her with his charity had he not ridden off again to war. He crept up on her, seized her with his bony hands, hurt her till she should tell her lover's name and strangled her when she dared defy. But the lover, too, must die and Flora's lips are poisoned for Avito who follows her to the castle crypt, for Manfredo who meets him and, knowing all, still wants...
Born. A daughter, to Mr. & Mrs. G. Macculloch Miller (Flora Whitney) of Roslyn, L. I. The child is granddaughter of Harry Payne Whitney, financier & sportsman, and Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, heiress-sculptress...
...Other inseparables: vinegar and oil, Damon and Pythias, warp and woof, odds and ends, pen and ink, man and wife, flotsam and jetsam, hook and crook, cup and saucer, might and main, sixes and sevens, beer and skittles, bread and butter, jot and tittle, flora and fauna, sweetness and light...
Another object is the finding of evidence which will throw light on the theory that the Americas were once joined to Europe and Africa. Similar flora & fauna found in widely separated areas and on intervening islands give support to the theory. The massive dredge biting its way across the ocean floor may add geologic evidence about earth changes...
...Chance, heroine of Oceanographer Iselin's earlier expeditions is preparing to start next month on an "around the world cruise." Five recent graduates of Yale will collect flora & fauna during an 18-month trip. They are Edward Dodd Jr. (son of the President of Dodd, Mead & Co.) who will write a book on his return; Alexander Brown and G. Clymer Brooke of Ardmore, Pa.; Thomas Marshall of Philadelphia; Joseph Roby of Rochester. The vessel will be commanded by Lieutenant Alexander Gray, U. S. N., retired...