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Word: palmyras (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have his larynx slit to save him from choking to death, and the rest had suffered from a variety of symptoms ranging from vomiting, diarrhea and cramps to the staggers, paralysis and convulsions. Last February in Hawaii, there were 24 similar cases, all traced to fish imported from Palmyra Island. So far, there have been few clear-cut cases reported from the temperate zone; nearly all have been from the tropics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ichthyotoxism | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

Virginia (Richmond) Secretary: Robert L. Philbrick '30, 1519 Palmyra Avenue, Richmond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 19 Harvard Clubs to Sponsor Xmas Parties for Students | 12/20/1951 | See Source »

Segregation. In Palmyra, Neb., Grocer A. H. Weatherhogger printed "Democrat" on one of the benches in front of his store, "Republican" on the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 15, 1951 | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...best poultry in India, instead of the semi-wild jungle fowl that laid an egg every two weeks. They learned to build roads, how to control malaria and cholera, weave baskets, rugs and rope. Instead of their sticky, grimy jaggery (unrefined sugar candy), Hatch taught them to make clean palmyra sugar to be sold at double the price of jaggery. He introduced scientific beekeeping, revived the art of kuftgari (working designs on iron and silver). At the same time, he taught the villagers to read & write. During his 18 years, the Martandam area became one of the most prosperous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Double Your Money | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

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