Word: tibetian
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...Tibetian Monks Were Constant Danger...
...successful Lhasa expedition of 1923 attracted attention all over the world. After crossing snow-blocked passes higher than the topmost summits of the Alps continually in danger from the fanatical Tibetian monks, who put to death all strangers. McGovern, disguised as a Tibetian coolie, succeeded in reaching the capitol. Thus Dr. McGovern, a young man still under 30, surmounted the obstacles in this most hazardous undertaking, in which many of his distinguished professors had failed...
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