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Word: tabora (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sophie Heath (Sir James' wife) was having with Lady Mary Bailey (Sir Abe's wife). Lady Sophie was down in Cairo, fuming at British officials because they had cautiously padlocked her plane and refused to let her fly on to London. Lady Mary was lounging nervously in Tabora, a Central African native village, recovering from injuries and waiting for her wealthy baronet to send her a "Moth" to replace the one whose motor had stalled and which had catapulted her into this hot and wearisome metropolis of the jungle. Lady Mary wanted to get to Cape Town, whence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: One Woman Wins | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...race then was Lady Mary's. Zooming went she over the dark green heart of Africa, over the crystal blue of the longest freshwater lake in the world (Tanganyika) . And then, name of a dog, while she spiraled down to land at Tabora (10,000 blackamoors gaping) her motor missed. Suddenly the motor died cold. The Moth crashed to earth, a twisted wreck. She was only slightly injured. Fever loomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Tale of Two Women | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

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