Word: lied
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Practically the whole valley of the Wergha is dominated by the surrounding mountains, which lie considerably to the north of the Great Atlas range and which rarely reach 5,000 feet. The territory of the Riff, which is now considerably overrun, lies in the central hinterland of the Spanish zone of Morocco at the extreme northwest of the African continent...
...expressed a wish," said Mr. Borglum, "that some day effigies be made of the casts for the common tomb in which he will lie with his wife, that he might be commemorated as were the old monarchs of Europe...
Denial. Dr. Boyd's "synthol" report was given the lie direct. Upon reading Dr. Boyd's statements in the newspapers, Alfred P. Sloan Jr., President of the General Motors Corporation, said: "Ridiculous on their face, for General Motors has recently announced a new series of cars, which should be sufficient answer." Said Walter C. Teagle, oil President: "Insofar as it refers to the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, there is no basis in fact for the despatch...
School children in rural districts are given summer vacations on the theory that they will help their fathers make hay. In the fields of education, however, those who are in authority disapprove more and more that expensive school machinery should lie idle for many summer weeks, particularly in view of the number of children whose fathers do not make hay, and of the congestion that exists when all children, country-goers and city-dwellers alike, descend upon the schools in a body every September...
Four days the Argonauts gave themselves to prepare. Then they were to start reconnaissance flights toward Cape Columbia on Grant Land, where an advance air-base would be made for flights toward the Pole and into the unmapped region westward where "Crocker Land" may lie...