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...Trek to the heart of Africa and you will not leave the automobile behind you; in fact, a Cape-to-Cairo airplane may pass overhead any day. Last month the British press announced the death of Charles St. John, 86, last white survivor of Missionary David Livingstone's seven-year expedition to find the watershed between Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika, central Africa (1866-73). Concurrently there were reports of modern expeditions, coming and going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Expeditions: Sep. 20, 1926 | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

...species is peculiarly worthy of study as a type of pure freak, which occurs like the seven-year locust, at regular intervals. History reports it appeared before as a hybrid insect, related to the late frivolous sheet, "The Harvard Magazine", or the "Mag". There are other instances with which it is needless to irk the student (or if there are not, the art of pseudology is at fault...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 12/16/1922 | See Source »

Sammy Kramar, the seven-year old violinist who played in Symphony Hall, last Friday carried off the big proposition which he had undertaken, with laudable success. His playing convinced one that the child appreciated the spirit of the piece and was not mere puppet-work. Though at times noticeably forced to fill the large hall, his tone frequently possessed a rich, appealing quality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sammy Kramar, Youthful Violinist, Gives Early Promise of Real Genius | 3/24/1920 | See Source »

February 6: The third period lasts forever, but Harvard's smallest hockey player is bigger than life as the Crimson breaks a seven-year 'Pot jinx with a 5-4 triumph over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polishing the Rust: Icemen Capture National Title | 6/8/1889 | See Source »

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