Word: northern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...treaty (1921) Great Britain recognized the complete independence of Afghanistan. At Kabul, the self-proclaimed King and his well-armed and warlike people command all the northern passes through the Hindu Kush-the highways trod by Alexander the Great, by Genghis Khan. Though the city of Kabul is an unredeemed stench hole, the adjacent palaces of potent nobles lie amid perfumed gardens, nestle below the snow-clad stupendous Hindu Kush...
...There it connects with the Denver & Rio Grande Western, which it controls. By way of the subsidiary it joins (at Denver) the Burlington (Mr. James' Northern Pacific and Great Northern control the Burlington) and (at Pueblo, Colo.) the Missouri Pacific, the Burlington's transcontinental rival. Mr. James also owns a large share of the Southern Pacific...
...Barbara Herbert of Manhattan, first U. S. sculptress ever admitted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Rosa Bonheur's pupil, Anna Klumpke of California, showed a hot-colored flower study. Young George Hill, who preserves what he can of the solitude and fresh air of his native northern Michigan by living in one of the loftiest studios on the Boulevard de Montparnasse, received fresh compliments for his clear, restful "Tea on a Balcony...
They were sent to England, to France, to Italy, to South America, to Washington, to the U. S. training stations. The "Unit" furnished commanding officers for three air stations; also the nucleus of the Northern Bombing Group. Submarines were bombed, airplanes shot down by "Unit" members; Dave Ingalls became naval ace, with four planes and a balloon to his credit; Di Gates, Commander of an air-station, was recommended for the Congressional medal of honor for heroism. Three* of the "Unit" were killed-two in action. Destroyers were named for these two. Wherever there was naval aviation, there...
...which has been a feature of the Harvard schedule for the past two years, has been omitted for next season. The Carolinians have held the Southern Championship for the past four years but have lost both of their games with Harvard by close scores. They are not making the northern trip this winter...