Word: outer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tiny monoplane weighs but 400 pounds without the pilot. Its wing, thick at the body and tapering to knife thickness at the outer edges, its short, slender fuselage, are the last word in lightness and aerodynamic efficiency. The machine has the appearance of a beautiful silver albatross...
Recently people have neglected a subject which was once considered quite important. In the dashes to the poles and the outer layers of the terrestrial atmosphere, hell has been left severely alone, and some hardy folk have even denied its existence. But after a long investigation, Dr. Boutz of Munich, who apparently has not lost interest, has decided that hell is at the center of the earth. This, of course, accounts for the volcanoes, which are simply safety valves to protect future inmates, and also for the earthquakes, which are due to the "daily dozens" of the present residents...
...Although the outer room of the tomb had been entered in ancient days, the discovery of the secret inner chamber, intact, has never been duplicated and probably never will be," Professor Chase said. "The Valley of Kings has been so well exhausted that the chance of another unraided tomb's being discovered is very slight. The true value of Lord Carnarvon's discovery lies in the completeness of the tomb's furnishing. They give a picture of richness and splendor in ancient Egyptian life, which has often been suspected but never fully realized until...
...recent years, says: " Picasso was undoubtedly a great criminal, in the sense that he is largely responsible for the muddle (sic) which painting has got into latterly. It is from him chiefly that the younger artists have taken the notion of looking within themselves to interpret the outer world, instead of, like their elders, looking at the outside world to realize themselves. Because oftentimes they are unable to distinguish much of anything within themselves, you know what happens (They get themselves called crazy). That is Picasso's crime. But Michael Angelo shares his guilt, and Rembrandt, and Delacroix...
...Page, I have come across none that possessed the inherent power and strength and fascination of this strange tale. Dr. Ossendowski, a Polish professor formerly holding an important official scientific position in Russia, was caught by the Revolution: fied in winter Eastward through Siberia; struck South across Inner and Outer Mongolia and into Thibet; retraced his steps, skirted--the Desert of Gobi, and finally reached Urga, the city of the Living Buddha. From Urga, which was also serving at the time as headquarters for Baron Ungern's campaign to stir up the ancient race of Jenghis Khan against the Bolsheviki...