Word: progenitor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Following an oration by funereal John Martin, dance critic of the New York Times, veteran Ruth St. Denis, artistic progenitor of most modern American expressionists, evoked past history as the evening's curtain raiser. The Japanese maiden of White Jade, more familiar to dance audiences of the medieval 1920s, proved the program's high point in pleasantness...
...compromise scale]. Again, the typical British attitude toward Pithecanthropus erectus is perhaps a full recognition of human status and anatomical integrity, with some imperialistic suspicion that he belongs to an inferior species, while the Piltdown lady is at least a complete female and, apelike jaw and all, a possible progenitor of Homo sapiens. . . . However, it seems to me that the most outstanding characteristic of British anthropology is the essentially sporting atti tude taken by scientists toward the discovery and acceptance of new finds, which may be contrasted with the morbid simian suspicions which obsess the Germans and the cynical detachment...
...custom of laying down board walks during the winter season was half a century old. It was instituted by the Corporation in 1880 largely because of student agitation and of the editorial policies of the CRIMSON and its progenitor, the Magenta, whose columns for seven years warmly espoused the movement for plank walks...
After the race Omaha's jockey, Willie (''Smoky'') Saunders. who chose his mount's name, beginning with ''O." in honor of its famed progenitor Ormond. said: "Omaha is the greatest horse I ever rode." Said Kentucky's Governor Ruby Laffoon. presenting the gold cup which, in addition to a horseshoe of roses and $39,525. was first prize: "The best horse won.'' Omaha's owner is William Woodward, honorary board chairman of Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., chairman of The Jockey Club and probably the most influential owner...
...bushmaster ranges from southern Costa Rica to northern Brazil. Studded like a pineapple, its waxy, glistening scales are pale reddish yellow crossed with diamond-shaped black patches on the back. It may be the progenitor of the whole pit viper family, of which it is the longest. The group includes rattlesnake, moccasin, copperhead, fer-de-lance. On the end of the bushmaster's tail is a slender horn, possibly a vestigial set of rattles. Like the rest of the family, it has a deep pit on either side of its big, blunt snout. It is the only member which...