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...much worried by the little island of Porto Rico. In countries like the United States and Great Britain politics is like a great river-occasional floods, but in general a continuous flow. In countries like the Balkans it is a series of cloudbursts. In Porto Rico it is a geyser-spurting periodically. The recent Governor of Porto Rico, E. Mont Reily, left office under criticism, if not because of it. His successor, Horace M. Towner, had hardly come within range of the Porto Rican geyser before he began to be spattered with mud. Politicians in Porto Rico are divided into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Porto Rican Politics | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

Periodical eruptions of the political geyser in Porto Rico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Jun. 25, 1923 | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

...recent improvements made in geological apparatus and of the advances that have been made in geology since these have been in use. Dr. Jaggar will do some experiments on the platform and will also use the stereopticon. Among the plates which will be exhibited is a series representing a geyser eruption, and also some pictures showing ripple marks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Experimental Geology." | 12/12/1902 | See Source »

Geological Conference. Papers: (1) Death Gulch, a Natural Bear-Trap. (2) Some Conditions Affecting Geyser Eruptions (illustrated by a working model). Dr. T. A. Jaggar.- (3) The Geology of the Wamsutta Group near Attleboro Falls. Mr. H. T. Burr and Mr. R. E. Burke. Geological Laboratory, Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 12/14/1897 | See Source »

Geological Conference. Papers: (1) Death Gulch, a Natural Bear-Trap. (2) Some Conditions Affecting Geyser Eruptions (illustrated by a working model). Dr. T. A. Jaggar.- (3) The Geology of the Wamsutta Group near Attleboro Falls. Mr. H. T. Burr and Mr. R. E. Burke. Geological Laboratory, Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 12/11/1897 | See Source »

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