Word: somes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The presence of some of those minerals in milk has long been known. But that strontium, which makes fireworks burn red, that boron, which volcanoes heave forth, that titanium, which makes war smoke screens, that vanadium, which hardens steel−that such metals of horrendous connotation were also in solution...
Army ants' lack of discrimination caused a small catastrophe at Tela, Honduras, a last week's despatch reported. They invaded the serpentarium there and badly chewed most of the reptiles. Only by throwing the snakes into water, which drowned some of the ants, could attendants save them. Other...
The question of whether man shall ever be able to reproduce living light, which is at least twice as efficient as best artificial light, becomes the question whether chemists will ever be able to synthesize the protein luciferin. Dr. Harvey thought that "that will come in the future. We now...
Total number of shares sold was 8,246,740−far greater than on any previous day. At its close came a sharp rally-some stocks closing higher than they began. Had the Federal Reserve won its battle to check speculation? This remained to be
Some years back, when George Leon Loft, son of George W. Loft, famed "penny-a-pound-profit" candyman, was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, he appeared on the trading floor in a smart new spring suit. Knowing his reputation for being ready to buy or sell anything...