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Word: grass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...often encountered lions' nests hidden in tall grass while plowing the wild virgin land, and the angry beasts sent natives and oxen running in all directions. Lions showed the utmost cunning in discovering and outwitting his tricks to prevent them from preying on the domestic animals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLIRTING WITH DEATH JUST ROUTINE IN LIFE OF AFRICAN ADVENTURER | 10/15/1940 | See Source »

Starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, Sewall followed the tracks of a huge elephant, knowing the size of the animal because its height is exactly twice the circumference of its footprint. In the middle of the afternoon he caught sight of his prey in ten foot elephant grass and drew a bead with his .256 rifle. The first shot hit between the elephant's oar and eye and as the animal crumpled to the ground, another tusker charged from the grass. A charging elephant is an impossible shot because of the thick skull covering the front...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLIRTING WITH DEATH JUST ROUTINE IN LIFE OF AFRICAN ADVENTURER | 10/15/1940 | See Source »

...kind of prehistorical animal, Dinedentosaurus Oliveiral, a large grass-eating reptile that lived in Southern Brazil some 175,000,000 years ago, has been mounted for public exhibit at the Museum of Comparative Zoology by George Nelson, Preparator-in-Chief...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prehistoric Monster Mounted for Exhibit | 10/11/1940 | See Source »

Total income: $14,945.07. Aldermanic income: $3,556.80. Aldermanic disbursements (rent, help, charities, grass seed, garbage cans, etc.): $3,540.08. Net aldermanic balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Audit | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

...gawky stringbean who had lost more games this season than he had won, Rookie Giebell looked like a sacrificial lamb as he ambled out to the mound. But no lamb was Giebell that day. With cunning change of pace and the control of an oldtimer, the green-as-grass rookie shut out the Indians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Vegetable Plate | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

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