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Word: windhoek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Soothing balm was supplied by an obscure tribunal at Windhoek in the British Union of South Africa which last week restored to Wilhelm II two large farms illegally confiscated from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Merciless Mackensen | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

Several years ago, Dr. Abbot led an expedition 30,000 miles to find the best place in the world from which to observe the sun. Finally, he picked the peak of Mount Brukkaros in the land of the Hottentots,* 200 miles from Windhoek, capital of Southwest Africa. There, scientists with delicate instruments will go to catch sunbeams that have never been caught before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Abbot of Smithsonian | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

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