Word: precious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Spurred by the death of Mola, Basque Leftists counterattacked viciously around Bilbao, regained much precious ground with heavy losses to the Rebels. To celebrate his new command Rightist General Fidel Davila ordered a massed attack on the important peak and town of Lemona. At the end of 24 hours Basque forces were still holding out. Star witness of the Lemona attack was Archduke Otto von Habsburg, pretender to the thrones of Austria and Hungary.* At the front to visit his youthful uncle. Prince Gaëtan of Bourbon-Parma, and accompanied by another uncle, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma...
...such purposes Dr. Wyckoff was ideal. His impeccable reputation, his potent offices were jury-proof. His fame, the demands of his jobs and of his practice made him just that more likely to take the evidence presented him in consultation at their face values, without waste of precious time...
...many astronomers, the most precious moments in the stream of time are the fleeting minutes and seconds of a total solar eclipse, during which they must make their photographs and observations. It is theoretically possible for an occultation of the sun by the moon to last as long as 7 min. 30 sec., but most are several minutes shorter than that. Last year's June eclipse, for example, whose shadow path across Asia was studded with astronomers' observation camps (TIME, June 22), lasted only 2 min. 31½ sec. at maximum. There was a tragic irony about...
...buying price, an avalanche of hoarded gold hit the market. Day after day the morning offerings swelled until they reached an all-time one-day high of 1,493 bars- about $21,000,000 worth. By week's end $65,000,000 worth of the precious metal had passed over the table in Rothschild's. Most of it was bought by the British Stabilization Fund, for although the price dropped steadily few private buyers cared to risk a sudden cut in the U. S. buying rate. At one time gold could be bought in London...
...just back from Reno, the perfume propre is Tornade, another Revillon parfum for the skin. This wicked essence of sophistication is a cunning bouquet of precious wood oils, a jungle redolence imprisoned in an extract from the glands of sables. Apply it, not to your hanky or gown, but touch it sparingly to six places on your skin. Then off to cocktails and may Allah protect...