Word: ores
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...month after setting out, Heysen and the remnants of his band reached Angayza, the first white men ever known to have been there. If any of them had expected the mountain to be solid gold, they were disappointed, though ore samples did contain gold. Last week a government communique announced: "Lieut. Colonel Heysen's report and valuable ore samples will be carefully studied and analyzed. The results will be used as a basis for further operations." Some Peruvians wondered if the "further operations" might not yet lead to El Dorado...
...Boettiger Seagraves, 22, who, as "Sistie" Dall, romped on the White House lawn in the '303 with Grandfather Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Van H. Seagraves, 26, economist for the Department of the Interior: their first child (and first great-grandchild for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt), a son; in Portland, Ore. Name: Nicholas Delano. Weight...
Last week many Americans were getting their first good look at the subtly romantic, hilarious and nightmare worlds of Paul Klee. The largest Klee exhibit ever to be shown in the U.S. was in Portland, Ore., on the second lap of a transcontinental tour. At the San Francisco Museum of Art it had broken attendance records for the year...
...have no regrets. I would choose a full life regardless." Before he was 19, Daniel Alfred Poling became a Baptist minister. He had already worked in steel mill and lumberyard, on farm and railroad. At the time of his ordination he was making honor grades at Dallas (Ore.) College, breaking in as a reporter on the Portland Oregonian, and starring at fullback on the football team...
...imitate the crisper style of Jack Donahue. In one scene, as elegantly leggy as a giraffe, he ambles and ogles his way through a wonderful soft-shoe shuffle. Whenever Bolger is on hand, Silver Lining turns to pure gold. Otherwise, it is richly colored, but only medium-grade ore...