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Word: polarizer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Capt. Amundsen set out on June 18 to rescue Gen. Umberto Nobile, Italian Polar Pilgrim, whom he thoroughly detested. Gen. Nobile, saved by others, was reported last week at Milan and later at Rome to be suffering a high fever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Pontoon | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

...Rome, Polar Pilgrim Umberto Nobile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Cold, cold, hot! | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

...short time before the Nobile dirigible Italia plunged to destruction the "magnetic component" was worked out by Professor Aldo Pontremoli, who is now missing on the Polar ice. "He came toward me radiant with joy," said General Nobile, "crying that he had finished the calculation at last. He told me the figure, which, fortunately, I can still remember. Whoever is acquainted with these scientific problems will realize the immense value of this discovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Medal | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

What of the strange Antarctic weather? What causes the terrific hurricanes, sometimes reaching a velocity of 120 miles an hour? What influence have Polar blizzards and monsoons on the climate of the southern hemisphere, upon the waters of the Nile? U. S. Weatherman William C. Haines, expert aerologist, will seek to interpret these phenomena...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Byrd's Plans | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...made public, when the Standard Union had carried polite letters of congratulation from the country's celebrities, Publisher Block gave a theatre party. He bought out the house for a performance of George White's "Scandals," and asked his friends to help celebrate. Among the guests were Polar Pilgrim Byrd, Aviatrix Earhart, Mauler Dempsey. Both the purchase and the party were typical of Publisher Block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Friend Block | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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