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Word: westing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Barbour has had a long and varied connection with the University Museum, is a member of many foreign zoological societies, and has made explorations in the East and West Indies, Burma, India, China and Japan, in the interests of zoology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BARBOUR SUCCEEDS HENSHAW AT THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM | 11/3/1927 | See Source »

Another left turn is made here and the winding road along the shore of Annsville Creek is followed to the Bear Mountain Bridge Highway. The completion of this fine highway together with the Bear Mountain Bridge, makes the vast outdoor playground of Bear Mountain Park, and the west shore of the Hudson River, more easily accessible to motorists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHILADELPHIA ROUTE DRAWN FOR MOTORISTS | 11/3/1927 | See Source »

From Danbury motor west on Connecticut Highway Route Number 119, to Connecticut-New York State Line. From New York State Line follow route Number 37, designated as the "Bridge Route", through Mill Plain, Brewster, and Carmel to Lake Mahopae, where many excellent hotels offer the best accommodations to the tourist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHILADELPHIA ROUTE DRAWN FOR MOTORISTS | 11/3/1927 | See Source »

...early Japanese cards in the collection, called "Karuta", were probably first introduceed into that country by the Portuguese navigators of the Middle Ages. The other Oriental games, including the playing sticks of Korea and the paper discs and dominoes of China, are a distinct species from those of the West. The East Indian cards are likewise different, consisting mostly of pictures of the various incarnations of the Hindu gods

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Picturesque Collection of Playing Cards Given to Widener by J. E. Whitney '89--Packs Traced Back to Dark Ages | 11/1/1927 | See Source »

Ireland, uprising against England at soccer football, was suppressed 2-0. England, according to the records for international soccer, is eight times as good as Ireland. Soccer is not for sicklies. One Hufton, Londoner, took a broken arm home with him to the West Ham Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football Matches: Oct. 31, 1927 | 10/31/1927 | See Source »

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