Word: previously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Then the President told about an owl that had flown into his bedroom the previous night. It was a common screech owl, and perched first on his bed post, then on the clothes press. The President regarded the owl steadily; the owl regarded him. The President made no utterance; the owl did not hoot. "He was not a noisy owl," said the President. "He came quietly, went quietly...
...Princeton University, Geologist B. F. Howell announced that a tiny fossil fishplate (scale) which he had picked the previous summer out of Cambrian strata in Franklin County, Vt., had been identified as belonging to a primitive fish, the earliest known creature to possess a notochord (rudimentary spine), which swam in the days of trilobites and brachiopods as the then (over 50 million years ago) highest form of animal life. Fellow scientists named the scale in honor of its discoverer "Howell's dawn fish," marking the dawn of vertebrate life...
...Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village and proved dull. It was one of the various little musical shows which spring up as summer approaches, in the hope of emulating the success of the Grand Street Follies and the Garrick Gaieties. One or two of the players, all unblessed by previous prominence, were markedly adept; one or two of the sketches were smart...
...Stanislaus Zbyszko, aging Polish wrestler, But what was this ? The crowd rose, shrieking; the referee slapped the old man on the back. Zbyszko had thrown Stecher. . . . The old man got on his feet and smirked mistily at the gallery. What did he care that Stecher had won a previous fall, that in 13 minutes and 46 seconds he would have won the third and deciding fall? He, Stanislaus Zbyszko, was for that moment triumphant. He, nearly 50 years old, had thrown the world's champion with a crotch-and-bar hold...
...current situation remained static during the week. The average level of industrial stocks scarcely budged over the previous week's. Rails made a trifle better showing. Investors seemed marking time for a clearer prognosis of conditions...