Search Details

Word: polynesian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

When he reaches Cambridge he plans to live aboard his ship "Miru" named after a Polynesian goddess anchored in the Charles. When at work in New Zealand, Davis depends upon the ship to reach the more than 16,000 people in the Islands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Sea Head Medical Officer Sails 9,000 Miles to Cambridge | 5/23/1952 | See Source »

...South Sea trading Vessel captain and a Polynesian princess, Davis hopes to reach Peru in 50 days, but he cannot tell how long it will take to reach Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Sea Head Medical Officer Sails 9,000 Miles to Cambridge | 5/23/1952 | See Source »

...historical critique comes when the captain of the Process Corps is raising the people of some idyllic Polynesian-like planet to the level of Europe during the era of Kings and princes. It is all very excruciating--happy people made unhappy, loved ones killed and so forth--and not even for a good purpose, unless you consider the directives of a think maching and the protection of a planet of well adjusted specialists a good purpose...

Author: By Samuel B. Potter, | Title: Astounding Science Fiction | 5/15/1952 | See Source »

Died. Sir Peter Henry Buck, 71, lifelong friend of New Zealand's native Maoris, leading authority on the South Pacific's Polynesian culture; in Honolulu. Born to an Irish father who married a Maori tribal princess, Buck led the hard-fighting Maori troops in World War I. He wrote about Polynesians in Vikings of the Sunrise, helped the U.S. Navy resettle Polynesians who left Bikini to make way for the atom bomb tests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 10, 1951 | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

...Manhattan Restaurateur Jack Amiel's Derby winner Count Turf, the $5,000 Polynesian Purse, in another Belmont preview; at New York. After the race, Preakness winner Bold, who finished third in a field of three, was withdrawn from the Belmont because of sore shins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

Previous | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | Next