Word: peculiarities
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...addition to the bees, there are specimens of many kinds of solitary wasps of peculiar appearance, among them a number of the remarkable family Thynnidae, a species which occurs most frequently in Australia and Chile. In these insects the two sexes are of entirely different appearance and are consequently known by different names. The collection also includes nests of some of the bees studied by Herbst...
Bribery, like adultery, is a peculiar crime. It takes two to commit the crime, in fact if not in law. Injury is done to a third party. And culpability between the participants is not always equal before the law. In most states an adulterous wife is more punishable than the man (supposing him single) who committed the offense with her because she has betrayed a marital trust. A bribe-taking public official is likewise more punishable, because he has betrayed a public trust, than the bribe-giver, who is under no specific oath of honesty. The net result of last...
This Class Day, however, will carry with it a peculiar significance that will set it apart from the long line that has preceded it. This year marks the last time that the unity of the Senior class is preserved by the custom of rooming in the Yard. The House Plan, in order to obtain the desired cross-section of College classes, will give the Commencement Exercises an appeal to the individual about to graduate, rather than to the class. Whether this influence, will be small or large, good or bad, it is safe to say that, in the future, classes...
...Horatio, Ark., Fred Brown celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the day he began to live in a large oak tree belonging to Tom Green. On coming to Horatio 25 years ago, he secured a room at the hotel, fixed a peculiar lock on the door, said in a German accent, "Just call me Fred Brown." On finding the landlord snooping in his room, Fred Brown removed his belongings, moved to a large tank near the railroad. Annoyed by curious townsfolk, Fred Brown had the ends of his tank sliced off for doors, hoisted the tank into Tom Green...
Last week marked the eleventh anniversary of the founding of the Third International, the Communist organization which in 1919 broke off from the Socialist Second International under the leadership of Nicolai Lenin. Under orders from Moscow, Communists throughout the world celebrated in their own peculiar fashion...