Word: regional
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...feasts that would cause even the palate of a Lucius Beebe to water. There was one trouble, however, and that they only got little more than a pint of milk a day, but Bangs seemed to feel that the wines, especially the new spring wine from the Barcelona region, more than made up for this lack...
...apparently contradictory set-up, but only if Il Duce refrains from farther territorial expansion. But, Dr. Salvemini declared, since Hitler has gained enormous prestige by his Austrian adventures, Mussolini must keep the Italian masses contented by more victories, and these, for geographical reasons, must be in the Mediterranean region--in direct conflict with British and French away...
...several items for the Freshman to hold in mind. Boston's domination of the University has been long and penetrating; its old and often narrow attitude tears at an outsider's mode of talk, dress, and thought. This influence should be resisted if it attacks a man's "region of friendly ideas," or the opinions and principles he has formed from past experience and home environment and has held since adolescence. Nevertheless, most Freshmen strange to Boston will be affected by its quaint reserve and quiet individualism. That is but natural...
...expedition aims to make maps of this region, which is described as one of the few which still is unknown. Most of the work can be done by aerial photographs, but it is necessary to survey triangulation points from the ground and take panorama photographs with a special 120 degree opening...
...first suspected that infected sweet corn might have caused the epidemic when she noticed a peculiar discoloration on the stalks of corn in the St. Louis region. She took some of the corn back to her laboratory, fed it to rats and a monkey. The animals developed encephalitis symptoms-stiff necks, nervousness, paralysis-finally died...