Word: mores
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The larvae develop within the mosquito. Later the insect bites another human, disgorging at the instant one or more tiny worms. They burrow into the victim, seek out a lymph node, breed. Batches of them snarl themselves in the lymph passages causing inflammation, which blocks the free passage of lymph...
While amateur boxers jabbed and danced at each other in preliminary bouts, watchers saw a member of the Wales entourage whisper to Playwright Shaw, saw him shake his head. More whispering. The Shavian beard waggled in violent negation. A rumor spread: "Shaw has refused to meet the Prince!" Dinner-jacketed...
*Unborn lamb, spitted and braised over an open fire, is a nomadic delicacy, called by Russians Shashlik, by Armenians Shlsh-Kebab. The dish served openly by U. S. Russian and Armenian restaurateurs is of lamb several days old, comparatively tough chewing. †When the prices of beef, pork, and lamb...
Paperman Graustein did not realize the power of Premier Taschereau. The Hon. Louis Alexandré Taschereau is of a family superpotent in Quebec politics. His father, the Hon. Jean Thomas Taschereau, was a judge of the supreme court. Still more important was his uncle, the late great Elzear Alexandré Taschereau, dour...
"This is not a law, it is an infamy," said Dr. Curtius in level, fervent tones. "It is an attack on the authority of the state. You would force us, Mein Herr," turning upon Dr. Hugenberg, "to carry on foreign policy as though we were the prisoners at a criminal...