Word: oldest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a choir of twelve women sang Nearer, My God, to Thee at an honorary memorial service for Fanny Crosby, hymn writer. The youngest of these women was Mrs. Emma Ankeny, 74; the oldest Mrs. Mary Burke, 92; average age of the twelve...
...During the war he was Colonel in the Judge Advocate General's department, having charge of the department of Constitutional and International Law. He is one of the most learned of legal scholars, a clear and interesting teacher, and a delightful writer on legal topics. He is the oldest of the small group of men now alive who taught in the Law School while Langdell and Ames were deans...
...revolution unfurled its desperate banners; and, by the twelfth day of the following year, China, the oldest of monarchies, had become a republic. Dr. Sun did not get what he wanted out of the revolution; he formed a separate republic in the south and kept up the spirit of revolt against successive administrations in Peking. It was this attitude that earned for him the soubriquet of "the perpetual rebel...
...Harrington of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (Manhattan). Last fall, the site of the buried city was found. Excavations undertaken by Mr. Harrington and Dr. Kidder of the Smithsonian Institution, and financed by the Heye Foundation, have indicated that it is a record of the oldest civilization in this country...
Conspicuous in the New York Times of yesterday is the startling announcement. "Traces of Hairpin and Button Factory, 2000 years old, found by Count de Prorok." Utica, the oldest Punic City in North Africa is the scene of the excavations, which disclosed more than a hundred hairpins and almost two dozen buttons. The explorers are working continuously, spurred on by the hope of finding a really ancient hairpin factory. This no doubt would be an achievement and the Count de Prorok could expect nothing less than immortality for his reward, while the faithful members of his little band could hold...