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...years ago the ape colony had dwindled to two aged females. Natives and the Governor of Algeciras, who signs himself "Governor of Algeciras and Gibraltar (temporarily in the hands of the British)," hoped that deliverance was near. But the British smuggled over four young apes from Africa, saved "Gib" for the Crown. Last spring two births upped the colony's population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Apes on a Rock | 9/4/1933 | See Source »

...CINDER BUGGY?Garet Garrett?Dutton ($2.00). Wrought iron made New Damascus great, in its moment?wrought iron and two men, Aaron Breakspeare and Enoch Gib. Aaron, the popular, engaging, lovable idealist; Enoch the dour and practical, well-hated, well-feared. The men clashed over two things? a woman and steel. Popular Aaron won the woman but his dream of a steel age failed?it was still too early. Enoch clung to iron?and when Aaron's son, John Breakspeare, brought his father back to New Damascus, dead, the clash between practical Enoch and young Breakspeare, between iron and steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Centaur* | 11/12/1923 | See Source »

...pitcher sad w'en he gib seb'n balls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IMPRESSIONS A LA FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. | 6/19/1883 | See Source »

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