Word: furred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...essays selected out of the twenty that were considered are: "William Chilling worth, and the Theory of Toleration," by J. D. Hyman '31, recommened by the department of History and Literature; "The Broken Column," by H. T. Levin '33, who was awarded the first Bowdoin Prize; "The New England Fur Trade," by F. X. Moloney '31, submitted by the Department of History, and "The Problem of Pricing in a Socialistic State," by W. C. Roper Jr. '31, who concentrated in Economics...
...have commenced to organize departments, now that they have seen how successful Harvard has been, and at Columbia, where the whole department had practically disbanded, expansion of the same has started. German and Italian universities are now planning to introduce sociology, and the Revue International de Sociology, Kolner Vierteljaharshefte fur Soziologie, and the Czesca Sociologicka Revue have published the details of the Harvard department, for," Professor Sorokin added, "the Harvard department is already recognized as a sociology department second to none...
...Bower, chief of the Alaskan Division of the Bureau of Fisheries. Long an expert on the seal industry, he joined the Bureau in 1903, has since made twelve trips to Alaska to see how things were going. Proud of Alaska's seals, he wants no confusion between this fur-bearing variety (Callorhinus alascanus) and the common hair-seal. Alaska has 80% of the world's fur seals. Besides seals, the Pribilof Islands are well stocked with foxes. From these the U. S. gets another item of profit-$27,735 from 777 foxes in the fiscal year...
...soon as the body was identified, police called at Professor Ivantsov's apartment. The door had been opened with the Professor's own latchkey. Sheets were hung over the windows. His expensive fur coat and 1,000 rubles ($500) were gone. His clothes, his books, his bric-a-brac, every article of value had been gathered together and tied up in neat little flat packages. Moscow detectives inspected the room, retired to cogitate, emerged with a theory. Said the spokesman...
While all the bells of Budapest tolled, the right hand of St. Stephen was carried through the streets last week in the great process of St. Stephen's Day. Count Julius Karolyi in a gorgeous fur-trimmed noble's costume, followed it again, not as Custodian of the Crown but as Prime Minister...