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Word: tremors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very ancient fracture in the earth's crust, extending from the Bay of Fundy, Southwest, to the region of Cape Ann. That zone has caused so many earthquakes in the last three centuries that whenever one is felt near Boston, it is suspected as being the cause. The last tremor was felt about Boston on January 7, 1925. Professor Mather believes that there may be a repetition of the event within the next two or three weeks, but that if it happens at all, it will not be of serious consequence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUAKE ROCKS CRUFT WIRELESS TOWERS | 11/19/1929 | See Source »

Other possible origins of the quake are the Merrimac Valley, and the St. Lawrence Valley in Quebec. Professor Mather believes, however, that it is very unlikely that they were the cause of the tremor. Associated Press dispatches state that the strongest effects of the earthquake were felt in Nova Scotia, rather than in the vicinity of Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUAKE ROCKS CRUFT WIRELESS TOWERS | 11/19/1929 | See Source »

...through the gruff eloquence of the high-principled warden, magnificently acted by Arthur Byron, Mr. Flavin damns the tragic system that man has developed to police the race, makes the so-called science of penology seem as hideously false as some black, antiquated alchemy. Russell Hardie conveys every horrific tremor, mental and physical, of the unfortunate youth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 14, 1929 | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...think of it! The women of other countries dare the danger of the long journey to these far lands without a tremor, while, needless to say, our women sit idly at home, not so much as stepping outside their own front door. Even our men do not dare take one step toward an ambition to make a new home in distant parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Other People's Women. . . . | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

This is the second severe earth tremor registered at the Peabody Museum in the past ten days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS QUAKE THAT ROCKS MEXICAN AREA | 3/23/1928 | See Source »

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