Word: moir
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Archaeologist J. Reid Moir published further results of his per sistent excavations in limestone quarries near Ipswich, East Anglia. Flint tools found in a pre-Pliocene layer indicated that the history of man stretches much further back than is supposed. The site was northwards of the site where the Piltdown Man was discovered, on the shore of a warm North Sea which then had no outlet channel between France and England...
...medieval priest of the Eastern Catholic Church. The latter's alb has alternate red and white stripes to signify the blood and bonds of Christ. Chasuble. This (Anglican Church) garb is a heavily embroidered circular garment, sleeveless and to be slipped over the head, made of moiré silk preferably. Over the shoulders and down the spine, spreads a magnificent cross in the shape of the Greek letter ψ. This garment is quite the same in the Roman and Eastern Church. Dalmatic and Tunicle. This is a sort of fancy kimona with a slit up both sides flashed with...
...summary: HARVARD '26 M. I. T. '26 Howe, Parish, l.w. r.w., Jones, Moir Harding, Henderson, c. c., Waterman Davis, McDowell, Numan, Gray, r.w. l.w., Driscoll Pratt, Debevoise, Tift, l.d. r.d., Cotter Martin, Nash, r.d. l.d., Richerson, Harrison Bradford, Cumings, g. g., Deynan