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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This term is usually associated with a specific breed of horses of English origin, and should rightfully be reserved for them...
...North, Long. 63° 45 min. 31 sec. West. Then, in 1943, a Brazilian boundary-setting expedition claimed that it had found the source 30 miles to the west. U.S. Army flyers from British Guiana helped to confirm the location of the river's origin...
...found out how classless a doctor's daughter could be in a "classless" society when she was refused admission to a university. She was told: "You must be of proletarian origin in order to study here. You belong to the employee category, for which we have no quota." She was finally admitted to classes at the Oil Refinery Institute, worked part-time watching boiler gauges. A month's wages came to 83 rubles at a time when a loaf of bread cost...
...line was originated by E. B. White, and should properly be credited to him rather than to the undersigned. The. story of the origin of the cartoon (and its caption) is told in a volume modestly entitled One Dozen Roses (Random House), some rare first editions of which may, very likely, still be procured...
...Hicks was given the $1,000 Max Weinstein Award, plus $8,000 to continue his research. In pregnant animals, Dr. Hicks has found, small doses of X rays and certain drugs cripple the central nervous system of the offspring. It may be that cerebral palsy has a similar origin...