Word: pre
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these pictures really are of the ibex, scientists think that they will have proof of a pre-Columbian visit of Asiatics to the Pacific coast. Such a visit to the Pacific coast, comparable to the ancient landing of Lief Ericsen on the Atlantic coast, is considered by no means impossible, it has been pointed out. Other possible evidence of the presence of Asiatics on the western coast is the story of a complete Chinese junk, found buried in the gravel of a stream by early Californian settlers...
Several times in the last seven years the Italian Government has shaken a stern, denying finger at rich U. S. citizens who have tried to buy objects from the collection of Achillito Chiesa of Milan. Chiesa before the War acquired a great gallery of pre-Renaissance painting, including a triptych by Orcagna, a picture each of Simone, Martini and Bellini, 1,200 other paintings of the 11th to 16th Centuries, early enamels, ivories, textiles, furniture, porcelain, faience, majolica. He bought Correggio's Holy Family, Filippino Lippi's most celebrated Madonna and Child, works by Duerer, Van Cleff, Mabuse...
Middlebury's eleven, outweighed, out-generaled and outplayed, was in no way a match for the University football machine last Saturday. Harvard, with an offense the equal of which has not been seen in the Stadium since pre-war days, paraded down the field for 10 touchdowns, which together with the kicks for the extra point, brought the total to 68. To find an equal for this total, it is necessary to go back more than 30 years, to 1891, when Harvard downed Wesleyan by the score...
Said he, with pre-honeyed menace: "Our regime, haying passed laws for its consolidation and defense, will now begin work on laws of reconstruction. . . .This phase will be perfectly peaceful if we are not disturbed, but will be pushed through by force if anyone dares to stand...
Chauncey, Sophomore carrier who was injured in the pre-season practice, has discarded his crutches and was on the side-lines with Maher, whose ankle is rapidly mending...