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...Nephew, Madagascar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Character v. Show | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

...linguistic feature is an interesting one," said Putnam. "With a focus at the Malay Peninsula the great Malay-Polynesian group of languages is spoken west to Madagascar, and east of New Guinea to Fiji, Hawaii, Samoa, and all the islands of Polynesia. But in the unattractive interior of New Guinea, untouched by the conquering Malay speaking peoples, are the Papuans, who speak about sixty languages, related neither to the Malay-Polynesian, nor to each other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peabody Museum Explorer Tells of Peculiar Dietetics of New Guinea Natives--Papuans Are Linguistically Isolated | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

...island in the southern Indian Ocean south of Madagascar. †Mohammed ben Abd-el-Krim was educated at Mellila and speaks acceptable Spanish. His brother Muhammed, educated in Spain, speaks flawless Castilian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: To Reunion | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

Butterflies prosper, indeed, live longer, when their heads have been cut off. Professeur Bouvier based his report on research made by Abbé Cambouet, missionary to Madagascar, who experimented there on 80 big, bloom-patterned flutterers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Reports | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

Many a Spaniard was vexed at Dictator Primo's exalted connivance at providing Abd-el-Krim with opulent support for life on a balmy isle 45 miles long, 32 wide and only 380 miles off the coast of Madagascar. At Madrid the slogan, "Hamstring Abd-el-Krim!" has long attained a popularity rivaling the no-longer-touted, "Hang the Kaiser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Dipping and Scratching | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

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