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Word: outposts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...early part of the year, he was never conceded a chance of becoming a first string man. Perhaps his blunder in making a faulty pass at a crucial moment in the Dartmouth game served him well in the end. Shortly after he was given a chance at an outpost. That he has done well at his new job is witnessed by the fact that he is the most likely candidate for right end against Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FISHER WILL NAME LINEUP THAT FACES PRINCETON TONIGHT | 11/5/1924 | See Source »

...lineup Coach, Fisher will start this afternoon is undoubtedly his strongest combination. With the exception of Beals for Chase at the left outpost, the line in the same which was chosen for Team A the beginning of the second week of practice. It out-weighs the Virginian line by three pounds a man, and although it has not been tested in a game as the visitor's line has, it is given the odds in about all the points of the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OLD DOMINION TEAM WILL OPEN SEASON | 10/4/1924 | See Source »

...business than is now in sight, and it will be many years before its capacity in any direction will be overtaxed. In the meantime increases of traffic, by permitting a wider distribution of overhead expenses, result in greater economy of operation. . . . Americans who feel an intelligent interest in this outpost of our civilization may rest assured that all is well at Panama." Governor Morrow's brother, Dwight W. Morrow, partner of J. P. Morgan, arrived in Panama a fortnight ago for a visit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: In Panama | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

...heart of the Sahara Buchanan suffered internal injuries owing to a fall. Carried 50 miles to a French outpost by natives, he was cured by a doctor in Algiers through the medium of wireless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: s. o. s. | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

...great outstanding feature of the history of Ethiopia was that the Ethiopian cultural unit stood as an outpost of Egyptian civilization in Middle Africa," writes Professor Reisner. He shows that Ethiopia had become thoroughly Egyptianized while it was under the sway of Egypt, and the Egyptian influence, though gradually diminishing, remained dominant for hundreds of years. During the Meroitic kingdom,--the period when Meroe was the capital,--Professor Reisner finds that several times Egyptian influences on Ethiopian culture were reintroduced and the Egyptian arts and crafts were revived, possibly through the importation of Egyptian craftsmen. The Ethiopians, however, were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCAVATIONS AT MEROE UNFOLD ETHIOPIAN HISTORY | 4/3/1923 | See Source »

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