Word: ostrich
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ostrich Heads...
...reported in your Jan. issue, the association's president, Dr. Arthur Amos Noyes of Pasadena Calif., said: ". . . the fact that evolution has been going on and that many animal types have gone through definite stages of development can only be doubted by an individual who, like an ostrich, buries his head in the sand out of a vague dread that he may see something shocking...
...said today of the processes by which evolution takes place than was thought to be known fifty years ago, the fact that evolution has been going on and that many animal types have gone through definite stages of development can only be doubted by an individual who, like an ostrich, buries his head in the sand out of a vague dread that he may see something shocking...
...when the moment of judging came they "gave the little boy a hand." Florence, stamping her small right foot for quiet, awarded to His Royal Highness the first prize, held it aloft before the crowd, explained in mock Negro dialect: "Dis y'ere fust prize am an ostrich feddah suit o' cat's pajamas...
...gold to enable her to walk. Three more attendants steadied by silken cords her towering headdress, which began with a wealth of black hair, rose like an immense extinguisher bestudded with gems, and was surmounted by a pretty little gold castle from which sprouted a crowning spray of ostrich plumes...