Word: plume
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Suddenly one of the cruisers shuddered. About 200 yards astern of her a huge plume of foam scarred the blue of the Mediterranean and the blue of the southern sky. Other plumes from the same salvo walked out across the water. Every one a miss...
First white man to see, accurately describe a quetzal was Robert Owen of England in 1840. Plume-hunters nearly exterminated the birds, which are now protected by the Guatemalan Government. The first live, baby quetzals were taken out of Guatemala by Explorer von Hagen three years ago. Three, all of which have since died, went to The Bronx Zoo. Six went to London. When last heard from two of these were still living. Chicago also acquired two young quetzals last...
...moment that followed, Admiral Le Luc wiped tears from his cheeks. There was a sound of a pen scratching, a sentence spoken in French: "Monsieur le General, la plume," the scratch of a second signature. It was 6:50 p.m.. German summer time...