Word: norwegians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Vikings soon found themselves isolated by the breaking up of their Norwegian-built ships. There was no timber on the island which they could use to build new ones and the barreness of the soil soon drove the nation into extreme poverty. They lived very peacefully, especially during the 11th and 12th centuries, using all their energy in fighting the cold and repairing the damage done by volcano eruption
Died. Ole Edvart Rolvaag, 55, retired head of the department of Norwegian Language & Literature at St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.), author of Giants in the Earth, Peder Victorious, Their Fathers' God, best-selling novels of pioneer Norwegian life in the WTest, written in Norwegian and translated into English; of heart disease; in Northfield...
...Harvard collection at the Widener Room now includes works of Kipling in the following 22 languages: Bohemian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Servian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrapian, Yiddish...
...chorus emphasizes its historic background by appearing in military tunics, breeches with a single scarlet stripe, and high, shiny riding boots. It has many another unique characteristic: Its members are all exiled from Soviet Russia (as men-without-a-country they travel on "Nansen" passports devised by the late Norwegian Explorer-Statesman Fridtjof Nansen, issued by the League of Nations) yet their organization would be sanctioned by the most ardent Communist. It is run on a strictly co-operative basis. Conductor Serge Jaroff takes no more of the profits than the least important of the choristers. But like any military...
Swedish and Norwegian glass and metal work fill another case, the exhibition illustrating what effect can be produced by proportion alone, without decoration. All colored objects, such as pottery and porcelain, are exhibited separately, and include candlesticks, plates, and a cigarette box decorated with enamel...