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Word: simians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...months insurrection-rent Cuba has been trying to decide what to do with its legacy of monkeys and apes, left it by famed "Monkey-Mistress" Rosalie Abreu (TIME, Nov. 17). She it was who, rich and eccentric, abandoned European society to found a simian kingdom-the Villa Palatino-on the outskirts of Havana. There, with 120 monkeys, she dwelt in seclusion, except for occasional jaunts to Europe, when she would engage an entire deck of a transatlantic liner for herself & I monkeys. Learned contributor to the science of anthropology, in 1929 she offered 300 acres of her estate to Director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Apes to Philadelphia | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

...London Sketch, in a page of other animal pictures, published the photograph of a simian eating a grape, with the following captions: "Catching the grape fallen from the forehead: a chimpanzee does his teatime trick'...Need it be added that the 'chimp' is our old friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Tea-Time Trick | 10/20/1930 | See Source »

...commemoration of William Jennings Bryan and the principles for which he fought, Bryan University is growing in Dayton, Tennessee, the town which recognizes no simian heritage. It is assumed that a University so dedicated will guide its curriculum according to strict fundamentalist standards. The idea, if carried out, contains many possibilities, not only for Dayton's youth, but for all other colleges as well. In this day of scientific specialization and general stiffening of course requirements, the undergraduate is kept entirely too busy. If a firm belief in the principles of fundamentalism were to spread in University circles, college courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MONKEYS AND MEN | 3/28/1930 | See Source »

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