Word: mountains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rosita Forbes, attractive English lady-explorer, returned to London from her latest exploit- a visit to the brigand of Morocco, Raisuli. She stayed for eleven days in the bandit Chief's mountain stronghold in the midst of his ménage consisting of two wives, nine daughters, three sons, three score slaves. Mrs. Forbes said that Raisuli claimed a pedigree extending back to Noah and that he had a surprising knowledge of European affairs. She described him as " a heavy man of 52, with a henna beard." She also reported that he was friendly to Spain, but that...
...Government began a retreat from the high, dry mountain of Prohibition to the low, wet valleys in the land of Bacchus; the National Assembly renounced prohibition by substituting a new liquor...
There are definite earthquake zones on the surface of the earth following definite rift lines. They occur where mountain-making is in progress. Large segments of the earth in adjusting themselves in equilibrium exert tremendous pressure. By this process mountains are raised in the course of a few million years, a comparatively short time geologically speaking. From time to time under the huge stresses which fold and warp rocks, the strain becomes too great in the earth's crust, something gives way and the whole earth shakes. No exact, scientific explanation of these movements has been reached...
...million rifles, 3,000 machine guns, 24 mountain batteries were confiscated by the Italian Government...
...seduces the leading woman?a primitive girl of the hills. His, fiancee thereupon arrives and is apprised of the situation. Then the girls begin to argue. The fiancee talks too much and too tediously. That was the best reason, as it appeared, why the hero finally ciiose the mountain girl...