Word: replica
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Colgate dinosaur egg was the only one sold. The British Museum, to which the American Museum of Natural History had sent a plaster replica of an egg gratis, refused to pay $100 for an original aged 95 million years. But in the Orient, Chinese, Mongols & Russians decided that Dr. Andrews was getting $60,000 a dozen for the eggs, and a fortune for the big bones. When he returned to Mongolia he found grafters plaguing him at every turn. He generally bullied them out of their demands...
...obscure corner of the Memorial Church there hangs today a cardboard plaque incribed with three names, a replica of the tablet which is soon to be placed there in memory of those who died in the Great War fighting for the German cause. The effort and financial support which have made the memorial possible are the contributions of a few individuals to a cause which they regard as just...
...Replica of Residence...
...been an increasing fad in the cinema for the last two years and this picture is its apotheosis. There are some 19 shots of real sporting events at Manhattan's famed arena (which does not resemble a garden and is about two miles from Madison Square). An exact replica of the Garden marquee was made in Hollywood and reappears constantly. The faces of Jack Johnson, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Tommy Ryan, Billy Papke and Tod Sloan are introduced briefly; they represent the tradition of clean, wholesome sport. The picture was made during the Olympic Games at Los Angeles...
Significance. Almost every industry in the land has an association and almost every association is, so far as a layman can see, a legal replica of the Sugar Institute. If Lawyers Fly & Rice, who are directed by Attorney General William De Witt Mitchell and U. S. District Attorney George Z. Medalie, win their case, a victorious Government is likely to proceed, hammer & tongs, against dozens of associations. Thus the case may disturb a larger proportion of industry and commerce. It is in no way similar to many of the anti-trust suits pending which in-clude criminal actions against racketeers...