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Word: polybius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bengal" as an administrator. In those days a man's best qualification for the Indian Civil Service consisted mainly in being able to answer such questions as: Write succinctly and in Latin biographical notices of the following personages, stating the date and place of birth of each: Theramenes, Polybius, Poseidonius, Arcesilaus, Parmenides, Eratosthenes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unlighted Places | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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