Word: unicorn
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...greatest variety of beasts are on the open plains where the enemy-beasts cannot sneak up so easily unnoticed. From a blind on the edge of a water hole, the Johnsons watched, photographed. Herds of oryx, the double-horned unicorn, wilde-beeste, kongari, eland, impalla, buffalo, zebra, came in turns to drink. Also the rare okapi. They respect and stand aside for the conceited and preening ostrich of the deadly kick. Zebra snap and fight among themselves continuously. Giraffes, "the creatures God forgot," wander about nervously nibbling at the trees too timid even to drink. Defenseless against his fatal leap...
...with exactitude," the constellations of the stars. Silversmiths made the "undignified fanatic" his globe. It was about twelve inches in diameter; its surface was carved with those bizarre and threatening shapes with which the ancients first identified the golden processionals of the sky. No celestial beast was missing; goat, unicorn, fish, lion, hurrying crab crowds its shining convexity. After the death of the astronomer, his globe became famous in the country that had laughed at its inventor. A succession of noble families enjoyed its possession; it was spoken of as "the great astronomical ball." A month ago, Baron Ralamb...
...teams had broken even in two matches which were played of Friday. Captain H. N. Rawlins '27 started the Crimson on the road to victory by decisively defeating R. A. Powers, former Canadian champion, by a 4 to 1 count. Playing a very aggressive game, he completely outclassed the Unicorn leader. The feature match of the afternoon was fought out between P. M. Lenhart '27 and M. P. Baker '22, state champion, who scintillated for Harvard while an undergraduate...
...University leader settled down to a flawless game which gave the loser no openings. H. N. Rawlins '27 vied with Debevoise for first honors, by disposing of Powers, the Canadian champion, with the loss of only one game. This is the second consecutive year that Rawlins has beaten the Unicorn star in the championship match. The only loss of the contest came when E. M. Upjohn '25, member of last year's Crimson team, defeated P. M. Lenhart '27, after losing the first game...
...Amazonian exposure on the mountains, some for the method that elevates voices and renders docile. Instead, compassion prevailing, an isolation colony, Manland, is formed under Phaon's governance; and here, while the maidens of lie des Dames grow up in an atmosphere of chaste fertility, vestal visions (including a unicorn) and athletic womanhood, the boys become men, taming beasts, hewing forests, building halls and palaces, fortresses and boats...