Word: polarizer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Erich von Drygalski, of the University of Munich, for south polar research, a David Livingstone medal...
...National City Bank of New York (the largest bank in the U. S.), who on leaving, assured reporters that bankers would not make private loans to countries which had not funded their War debts to the U. S.; Roald Amundsen lately returned from an airplane visit to polar regions, paying his respects, accompanied by Minister Bryn of Norway; Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, who requested that Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler of the Marines should have his leave of absence extended another year. (General Butler has already had two years' leave of absence for the purpose of making Philadelphia pure...
Although most of the furriers' dealings, judged by bulk, seem to have been in cat fur, the pelts of other animals also came upon the block, including black bear, grizzly bear, polar bear, ocelot, wolf, Canadian baum marten, Japanese marten, cross fox, fisher, flying squirrel, Chinese weasel, pahmi and Gold Coast monkey...
Commander MacMillan reiterated his belief that heaver-than-air machines are impracticable for Polar flying. He gave the Navy men and planes their due but insisted that, until the dirigible is proven a contender, "the dog is still king of the Arctic...
...there, the pilgrims pushed off on their journey's last leg for Wiscasset, Me., bringing with them no news of a new continent below the Pole, but an exotic story of soaring over mile upon murderous mile of glacier-ridden Arctic fastnessess, and scientific data for future aerial polar exploration...