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Word: formosan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...citizens, however, do not like Formosa, and only enough Japanese live there to take out the oil, timber and camphor. Last week, far beneath the earth's surface, some internal ailment seeking relief exploded a volcano in Japan, shook Alaska, rumbled down the Chinese coast, crossed the shallow Formosan Strait and rocked Formosa with the Far East's worst earthquake since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Devil's Laugf~ | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

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