Word: greated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very few Leonids appeared last November, and if more are seen this week, predictions may be made about the coming great show. The entire civilized world is requested in a notice received from the Harvard Observatory to assist in searching for hitherto unknown records of past Leonid showers. Dr. Fisher, known as Harvard's "meteor fisherman", believes that a great many references to the Leonids exist which have not been found. He has already received notice of a chronicle in Syria, made in Damascus in the twelfth century, and containing astronomical observations as far back as the sixth century. Information...
...Peter the Great--Foreign Policy", Professor Karpovitch, Sever...
...feel certain," he said, "that this Harvard team has one great game in its system, and it wouldn't surprise me to find that it can rise twice to the heights. If it has only one really great game, I hope that it will come against Yale, but you can rest assured that the line and the backs will do a fine job against Michigan...
Professor von Klenze will lecture at Harvard, probably during February, on any subject which he may think suitable. It is possible that he will lecture on comparative literature, since a great deal of his study has been in this field. He is the author of "Deutsche Gedichte", "The Treatment of Nature in the Works of Nicholas Lenau", "The Interpretation of Italy During the Last Two Centuries", and many articles and reviews on German and comparative literature...
...feel that he should sugar the pill. In this book of short stories, the grim alternates with the comic strip, the eerie with the whimsical. Among the exhibits: a strong silent farmer overhears the hired man seducing his wife; Tim O'Meara tells his sons how his great diplomatic ancestor tickled the fancies of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary; the Old Soak exudes a tale of spiritual wickedness and liquor in high places; the powerful Katinka in a circus has a heart of gold but a terrible temper when annoyed. Ultimately the old story about the glass-eater...