Word: profs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That intractable foe of the Spanish ruling house (Prof. Don Miguel Unamuno) recently wrote: "The Moroccan debacle will be the tomb of the Habsburg-Bourbon dynasty in Spain and the tomb of the monarchy...
Some of the beds which Prof. Leacock weeds are those wherein spring up 'the tares of Big Business Bunkum, Correspondence-School Quackery and kindred varieties of contemporary sophistry. He then invades the field of Animal Psychology. The subject of his observations, carried on under enormous difficulties, is that elusive but familiar animareptile, the Hoopoo. The results are: "1) When the Hoopoo is unable to step over anything, she walks around it. 2) The Hoopoo will drink water when she has to, but she will drink champagne whether she has to or not. 3) The religious belief of the Hoopoo...
...Prof. Archibald T. Robertson, of Louisville, lectured seven times to preachers on the subject of preaching. He warned them against "rote...
Some of the beds which Prof. Leacock weeds...
...determine whether or not two beams of light, traveling in opposite directions around the rectangle, require exactly the same time to complete the circuit. The system of mirrors at the four corners of the rectangle constitutes an interferometer ?which is one of the most celebrated inventions of Prof. Michelson?and will make it possible to compare the time required for the two beams of light to make the circuit...