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But Mound D Village was not like its neighbors. By some sort of "cultural exchange" (perhaps traders, slaves or refugees from the Weeden Island people in Florida), it acquired newfangled ideas that originated in the civilizations across the Caribbean. One item in this ancient Point Four program was the technique...
Coffee & Old Rags. High among the prizes snatched from Germany by the victorious Russians were the newfangled Nazi jets. Red pilots reported speeds up to 500 m.p.h., no vibration, no yawing torque.
The natives of Kennebunkport, Me. (pop. 1,448) did not take to Maurice Sherman, the new owner of the Old Fort Inn. A go-getting type, Sherman was from New York. He took over in 1945, added a cocktail lounge and built a Colonial Room. "Brings New York's...
The history of Harvard investment follows the economic pattern of a developing America. Harvard grew up with the country and helped it grow. When its investment in the Middlesex Canal had to be written off as a "Doubtful and Desparate Debt" because a newfangled steam railroad took all the business...
After five months, prodded by encouragement that she might get the parole which had been so long denied her, Mrs. X began to shed her delusions. She started going downtown with a companion, and was amazed by the newfangled red & green stoplights. Soon she applied for a job and dutifully...