Word: regional
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pointing out that Great Britain had apparently abandoned principles that they had adhered to in all their other foreign possessions, Mr. Antonius went on to say that the native Arabs of the region were being severely upset by the Jewish action in Palestine...
...Christians sought refuge in the catacombs beneath Pagan Rome, the Mayas of Central America were spreading from city to city a glittering civilization. One such metropolis was Copan. Archeologists were at work there a half century ago, unearthing elaborately carved steles and sacrificial altars. Last year earthquakes rocked the region, sent some of the ruins tumbling into the Copan River. At the invitation of the Honduras Government, a commission from the Carnegie Institution of Washington arrived last month to undertake restoration and protection. Behind a collapsed wall Head Commissioner Gustav Stromsvik was startled to find stone staircases leading down...
Tuesday's CRIMSON mentioned the Peace Strike to be held April 12 and the Armastice (sic) Day Anti-War Conference Continuations Committee, which is directing the strike in colleges of this region. To avoid possible misunderstanding, I wish to name the organizations which issued the call for the nation-wide strike and also the groups which have delegates on the Continuations Committee. The national sponsors are: American Youth Congress, National Council of Methodist Youth, Inter-Seminary Movement (Middle Atlantic Division), Student League for Industrial Democracy, and National Student League. The committee consists of representatives of the following: Young People...
...frequent visits to Reedsville, took a look at the little square cabins and decided they were not good enough for her pet project. A more reasonable explanation is that the houses, of the summer camp variety with only $15 wood-burning stoves for heat, were obviously unsuited to the region's sub-zero winters. Whatever the reason, ten architects and draftsmen were brought from New York and under their direction workmen began to rip up the completed houses, dig cellars, add new wings, sunrooms, dining alcoves, fireplaces, porches. Thereafter two sectors of men labored in Reedsville. Sector...
Nothing seems to be out of the ordinary for the staff which works with love letters of famous authors, maps of the Maya region, crasures and dim watermarks on ancient manuscripts which can be better seen in the light of mercury lamps, and records of criminal cases which concern Harvard. The largest material handled was a map six feet square which was reduced to 18 inches...