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[001] ill have this splendid cavern, which we will make our _____ and our museum!" "And we will call it?--" asked Herb
[002] he future. He also promised the sailor that he would _____ that part of the channel situated between the islet
[003] onday afternoon, the Senate is expected to approve a _____ of the number of legislators allotted to rural and u
[004] dren program. The report, culminating a year long _____ of the ADC program in Cook county by a New York Cit
[005] last night he plans to name a committee to make the _____ and come up with recommendations for possible chan
[006] The resolution urges the governor to have a complete _____ of the Sunday sales laws made with an eye to their r
[007] "the benefit of his views". He will then appoint the _____ committee with Mr. Nugent's cooperation, the governo
[008] assured Mr. Martinelli and the council that he would _____ the correct method and report back to the council as
[009] rsed the higher fees, which, he said, had been under _____ for more than a year. The city is not adequately c
[010] cent of the gross national product, according to a _____ by Johns-Manville Corporation. _LONDON, FEB. 9_
[011] in Christian higher learning. Teaching, research and _____ , according to highest standards, under Christian inf
[012] tive students, and others seeking the opportunity to _____ or work at the university, irrespective of race, col
[013] ty will consider applications of persons desiring to _____ or work at the University without regard to race, co
[014] ic computers and high speed movie cameras during the _____ . Perhaps the engineers can find out what causes al
[015] c (which coyly masquerades under the name Democratic _____ Group) had fought the committee before, and had alwa
[016] for increased tolls on the Texas Turnpike are under _____ . #EASIER ACCESS.# Progress is being made, too, in
[017] ory of the Dominican Republic is an almost classical _____ of the way in which even a professedly benevolent di
[018] of a corps of presidential assistants engaged in the _____ of foreign policy. This tends to create friction and
[019] urprised by the response than anybody else. The _____ of the St. Louis area's economic prospects prepared
[020] n to the state's economic development through such a _____ . In Southern Illinois, the new federal program of
[021] @ ## And so the young minister resigned, to go and _____ and pray, having never passed a day, he told his p
[022] mmediately withdrew into its private council room to _____ the phenomenon. But Mr. Podger and the driver of the
[023] n become archaic. The only answer will be continuous _____ . The New Testament offered to the public today is
[024] am also a young, able and willing girl who wants to _____ the Chinese language but is not old enough. The
[025] record. If the doctor is conscientious, he wants to _____ the patient. As a result, it takes a little longer t
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[001] sed with you." Thus the colony was increased by a new _____ . As to his name the sailor begged that in memory of
[002] tion day. He said he was "confessing that I was a _____ of the Socialist Party in 1910". That, he added, was
[003] he home rule charter and possible election of a nine _____ charter commission within 70 days. He explained that
[004] vacancy left by the resignation of Neil Duffy, now a _____ of the State Board of Tax Appeals. "My experien
[005] as India. India is the most populous United Nations _____ with more than 400,000,000 inhabitants. The new
[006] epartment head or an economist, to start. #@# Each _____ would get one post for each 10,000,000 people in its
[007] 0 people or a maximum of fifteen posts. #@# Each _____ with a population above 150,000,000 would get one ad
[008] s secretary-treasurer of the local and Shiflett is a _____ of its executive committee. Both have been active in
[009] mbers. Mrs. Henry T. Sulcer of Winnetka, a new board _____ , will be chairman of publicity for the benefit. He
[010] their cultural activities, and it will be easy as a _____ of the fair staff to bring in acts", explains Mrs. G
[011] Mrs. Baker, was president of Kappa Kappa Gamma and a _____ of Mortar Board at SMU. Her husband, who is the s
[012] Cater Parmer, was president of Alpha Tau Omega and a _____ of Delta Sigma Pi at Lamar Tech, and did graduate wo
[013] of its second and third decades, is now an honorary _____ . Each year he invites the boys to camp out on his es
[014] all is a student at Tulane university, where he is a _____ of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. @ Their Majest
[015] after he and Mrs. D. Ellwood Williams, Jr., a board _____ and long-time critic of the superintendent, argued
[016] ut two years ago. It was about that time, a board _____ said later, that Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, Jr., State su
[017] in law. Mr. Simpkins made a name for himself as a _____ of the House of Delegates from 1951 through 1958. Fr
[018] ame is a pseudynom- was a teacher in Bucharest and a _____ of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( ARF)- two
[019] Miss., and was a veteran of World War /1,. He was a _____ of the Baptist church. Survivors include two brot
[020] his home. Mr. Ball was a house painter. He was a _____ of the Oakland City Methodist Church and a native of
[021] n in favor of the entertainment field. He was a _____ of Harmony lodge, No. 12, AF+ AM, Scottish Rite; Al
[022] former commander of Willamette Heights, Post, and a _____ of Nevah Sholom Congregation. Survivors are his w
[023] Mr. Weaver about Ku Klux Klan connections. One _____ of the panel- not Mr. Parker- indicated he had been
[024] f the panel- not Mr. Parker- indicated he had been a _____ of the KKK at one time. He was not seated on the ju
[025] n college, today's handsome Gander was the only male _____ of a Texas Tech class on food. The pretty coeds must
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[001] ered the Chimneys; but they did not sleep before the _____ of knowing whether they could think of leaving Linco
[002] an to draw. Happily for Gideon Spilett, the animal in _____ did not belong to the redoubtable family of the plant
[003] weather would be frequent, and probably terrible. The _____ of a more comfortable dwelling than the Chimneys must
[004] er, that they set out directly, without even asking a _____ . A few minutes after them, Cyrus Harding, Herbert, an
[005] 'clock in the evening, the mine was finished. Now the _____ of setting fire to the explosive substance was raise
[006] he world itself," replied the engineer. "It is only a _____ of quantity." "Then could you not use this nitro-glyc
[007] dertaking anything and succeeding in everything. The _____ of boots and clothes-- assuredly a serious
[008] of boots and clothes-- assuredly a serious _____ ,--that of light during the winter months, utilizing t
[009] d, for the bad season was approaching, the alimentary _____ was not neglected. Every day, the reporter and Herbe
[010] r, "so I see." "But are they inhabited?" "That is the _____ ." This was soon answered. Almost immediately, hundred
[011] nsured their always having plenty of provisions. The _____ of clothes was now seriously discussed, the settlers
[012] f food; thus the cold might come upon them before the _____ of clothes had been settled. They must therefore mak
[013] ort, and the evenings long. Suppose we talk about the _____ of light." "Nothing is easier," replied Harding. "To
[014] o his discovery, was going to throw away the grain in _____ ; but Harding took it, examined it, found that it was
[015] ne, I suppose!" replied the sailor, surprised at the _____ . "Ten, Pencroft! And do you know how many grains one
[016] I should like it twice as much!" As to the animals in _____ , they were peccaries belonging to one of the four spe
[017] be our first duty." But at this period, it was not the _____ of firearms which occupied Harding, but that of cloth
[018] ing, after having discussed the pros and cons of the _____ , ended by saying,-- "In short, would you like to kno
[019] t that no decided opinion could be pronounced on this _____ until after a complete exploration of the island. Two
[020] , whence had this chest come? That was the important _____ . Cyrus Harding and his companions looked attentively
[021] pilett proposed to continue the exploration, that the _____ of the supposed wreck might be completely settled, an
[022] ply the place of the horse, ass, or ox? That was the _____ . "Certainly," said Pencroft, "a beast of burden would
[023] turns heavy wooden mallets; such was the machine in _____ , and such it had been for centuries until the time wh
[024] this was only possible for marine animals. As to the _____ of knowing where this channel ended, at what point of
[025] al in company with his master? This was an important _____ , which Cyrus Harding was anxious to answer, and yet
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[001] nt which closed Union Bay, and which had received the _____ of Cape South Mandible. Nothing could be seen there
[002] tigrades. It was only a koala, better known under the _____ of the sloth, being about the size of a large dog, a
[003] hat species of the order of cetaceans, which bear the _____ of the "dugong," for its nostrils were open at the u
[004] ompact gray mass, which has been long known under the _____ of "natural soda." This obtained, the engineer treate
[005] e, nitrate of potash, which is better known under the _____ of salt niter, or of saltpeter. Cyrus Harding could
[006] oncentration. It is thus that the acid known under the _____ of Nordhausen acid is made. To obtain sulphuric acid,
[007] " asked Herbert. "Granite House," replied Harding; a _____ which his companions again saluted with a cheer. The
[008] et been crossed. All the immense woods, to which the _____ of the Forests of the Far West had been given, were
[009] heir European brethren, and are commonly known by the _____ of American rabbits. This produce of the chase was b
[010] was able, without hesitating, to give them their real _____ of "Arctic foxes." They are frequently met with in Ch
[011] rns. Top helped in the capture of these birds, whose _____ was given to this marshy part of the island. The set
[012] erae, to which, in New Zealand, the natives give the _____ of Kauris. "I have an idea, Mr. Spilett," said Herbert
[013] the boat soon began to double the point, to which the _____ of Flotsam Point was given. The chest was heavy, and
[014] instruments, contrary to the usual custom, bore the _____ of the maker; they were, besides, in a perfect state,
[015] idioms, both were English; but they neither bore the _____ of the publisher nor the date of publication. The sam
[016] e was in French--but which also bore neither date nor _____ of publisher. There was nothing, therefore, on these
[017] y appearance of a tail. Herbert rightly gave them the _____ of tinamous, and it was resolved that they should be
[018] s on our first excursion, and from which we gave the _____ to that part of the forest." "A jacamar!" cried Herber
[019] ir presence would have been enough for a botanist to _____ without hesitation the parallel which traversed Linco
[020] rmentation; in short, all those trees known under the _____ of gum-trees or iron- bark trees in Australia, belong
[021] oast. Forward!" "One minute," said the reporter. "The _____ of this creek, my friends? Do not let us leave our ge
[022] r geography incomplete." "All right!" said Pencroft. " _____ it, my boy," said the engineer, addressing the lad.
[023] ollowed a practicable mouth. It was settled that the _____ of Falls River should be given to this stream. Beyond
[024] y, and after having given the creek the very suitable _____ of "Port Balloon," the settlers pursued their way alo
[025] for allowing a feeling to which he could not give a _____ , to gain an influence over him. Gideon Spilett shared
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[001] e, Top reappeared. Thrown in the air by some unknown _____ , he rose ten feet above the surface of the lake, fel
[002] ally this terrible production, of which the explosive _____ is perhaps tenfold that of ordinary powder, and which
[003] into the abyss. The blazing resin, whose illuminating _____ increased still more by the rapidity of its fall, lig
[004] to procure fire, in some mode or other, but no human _____ could supply another grain of corn, if unfortunately
[005] destination. The current was an indefatigable moving _____ , and it was employed in conveying the floating wood
[006] e task of replacing this agent, of which the dynamic _____ in the interior of the globe has evidently diminished
[007] aggression, and the creatures might, ignorant of the _____ of the explorers' firearms, have attacked them. It is
[008] was haunted by some supernatural being, who used his _____ in the service of the castaways! A few strokes of the
[009] anageable. But though they had a vehicle, the moving _____ was yet to be found. But did there not exist in the
[010] the ground, which enabled them to regulate the motive _____ , they could rise in the basket to the door of Granit
[011] iminished the flexibility of the stuff, increased its _____ of retaining heat in proportion. Now the wool furnish
[012] ch will burn in the furnaces with enormous calorific _____ . There is, therefore, nothing to fear. As long as the
[013] r looked at the engineer, and seemed to be under his _____ , as a subject under the influence of a mesmerist. He
[014] which flowed into the Mercy to establish his motive _____ , the first being already occupied with moving the fel
[015] ound, only a few feet from the great fall, the motive _____ of which the engineer intended to utilize. In fact as
[016] lthough not then in use, its beam moved with extreme _____ would serve to stretch out the wire by rolling it ro
[017] ln Island was under the dominion of some supernatural _____ . In the meanwhile, the bad weather came with the mont
[018] and you have been able to judge of its incomparable _____ !" Chapter 5 So, then, all was explained by the subma
[019] uch a nature that only a man possessed of prodigious _____ , could render them. Ayrton is indebted to him as muc
[020] have been able to act? If it was he, he possesses a _____ which renders him master of the elements." The report
[021] pends on employing a metal with the highest possible _____ of resistance, and steel is incontestably that metal o
[022] th pyroxyle, taking into consideration its explosive _____ , which, as has been said, is four times that of ordi
[023] d their thick foliage, bore witness to the vegetative _____ of the soil, more astonishing here than in any other
[024] d in this house, suspecting nothing! They are in our _____ ! Forward!" The colonists crossed through the enclosu
[025] has struck the blow?" asked Pencroft. "The avenging _____ of the island," replied Harding, "he who brought you
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[001] parate trial. Bellows made the request while the all- _____ jury was out of the courtroom. #FEARS PREJUDICIAL
[002] l a few minutes earlier when a slender, bespectacled _____ broke the one-week-old world record in the half-mile
[003] enter at 1200 Larimer st. The pert, gray-haired _____ who came to Denver three years ago from Buffalo, N.Y
[004] s. Charles Ervin Glison of Pampa, has attended Texas _____ 's University and will continue her studies at SMU.
[005] DICATED# The verdict brought vindication to the dead _____ 's stepson, Vincent Hengesbach, 54, who was tried for
[006] llroom of the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel. ## THE ONLY _____ recipient, Miss Garson will receive the award with F
[007] . Tell that to the little wife when she moans at the _____ 's burden! He also dishes up 3,000 snacks. And he
[008] nt of work in a car driven by my wife, who is only a _____ . Even that isn't satisfactory. If they have to ta
[009] allwood is reported to be the only one extended to a _____ . _FORT LAUDERDALE_ - The first in a series of f
[010] uld be done. The judge listened quietly as the young _____ poured out her frustrations- then discussing with he
[011] uly be called a letter. Old, tired, trembling the _____ came to the cannery. She had, she said, heard that t
[012] the heart of metropolitian Atlanta. And now, the _____ , tired and trembling, came here to the DeKalb County
[013] le; the old couples. The dairy truck driver; the old _____ with the stew. "Don't ask me if I think the canne
[014] t is the only method left for a man to escape from a _____ 's world. @ #SUPPORTS KATANGA# _TO THE EDITOR:_
[015] ield about fifteen miles east of here. Eleven men, a _____ and a teen-age boy tramped over cold, damp, fog-ensh
[016] e mildly epigrammatic utterance (also a quotation): " _____ 's place is in the wrong". Who but Thurber can be cou
[017] e at Newport yesterday afternoon. Sat there and as a _____ sang, she kept getting thinner and thinner, right be
[018] pon a Time ..." is a problem piece about a man and a _____ and the three "figures" that bother them somehow.
[019] t bother them somehow. Unfortunately, the man and _____ were not made to appear very interesting at the outs
[020] lively performances of the Stadium Symphony. A _____ who undergoes artificial insemination against the wi
[021] oftop canvases is "Sun and Wind on the Roof", with a _____ and child bracing themselves against flapping clothe
[022] together a man in an occupation of high hazard and a _____ balanced on a knife-edge between death from tuberc
[023] g out more and more. He may be interested in another _____ , or just like being with the boys. So she fishes aro
[024] rcentage of the churchgoing population. A Protestant _____ marveled to me over the large crowds going in and ou
[025] to the West, but was shot and killed. A middle aged _____ opened a window on the third floor of her house whic
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[001] companions. Let us keep our remarks to ourselves, and _____ our work." It will be remembered that the engineer ha
[002] ill be found," replied the engineer; "but now we must _____ our voyage and push on as far as the river will carr
[003] to remain under cover of the trees so that they might _____ on the shore. The distance which separated Falls Rive
[004] able to find on the west. Gideon Spilett proposed to _____ the exploration, that the question of the supposed wr
[005] alone at the boat. Gideon Spilett and Herbert were to _____ to hunt, and neither Neb nor Master Jup, his assistan
[006] idly on board the "Bonadventure" so as to be able to _____ their excursion until nightfall. This was done at fiv
[007] sleep is a necessity. They were all three anxious to _____ their exploration of the day before, and to search th
[008] sailor then proposed to the engineer that they should _____ sailing slowly with two reefs in the sail. But Harding
[009] at is not admissible," replied the engineer. "But to _____ . Have you understood how Top was able to discover yo
[010] e Chimneys, dry and without a speck of mud!" "Let us _____ ," resumed the engineer. "Have you understood how our
[011] instrument; that can't be understood, either." "Let us _____ again,' said Harding. "Have you understood, my friend
[012] were in such a mood that they found it impossible to _____ their work. Gideon Spilett and Pencroft were particul
[013] le funds", the jurors said. "Failure to do this will _____ to place a disproportionate burden" on Fulton taxpay
[014] to accept a de facto cease-fire in Laos, rather than _____ to insist on a verification of the cease-fire by the
[015] licy. This year, I am told, the CBS network will _____ to abide by the rule but NBC will play to a conclus
[016] he agenda during the meetings, which are expected to _____ through Saturday, concern television, rules changes,
[017] ampa, has attended Texas Woman's University and will _____ her studies at SMU. "A Night in New Orleans" is
[018] ons only if they are segregated. "Emory could not _____ to operate according to its present standards as an
[019] or the next quarter. On the local level, compacts _____ to grab a larger share of the market at the expense
[020] b Hotel this week ... Sunday New Orleans brunches _____ at the Trade Winds but the daily French buffets have
[021] nti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to _____ to set wages in the same way that ship operators set
[022] awing their forces from the Mediterranean base. To _____ their important conversations about the Tunisian iss
[023] ity to translate such knowledge to the written word, _____ to expand. The inadequacy of our library system will
[024] s have meaning. It is good to know that Georgia will _____ to have sufficient electrical power not only to meet
[025] up to lead relatively normal lives. Certainly, most _____ to lack a certain warmth in communication with other
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[001] sand several cable lengths off. They also respected _____ innocent-looking birds, whose wings were reduced to t
[002] lers descended very slowly. They could not but feel a _____ awe, in this venturing into these unknown depths, for
[003] lf about whether it will be cold or not. One thing is _____ , that is that the days are already short, and the eve
[004] of aspect, logically only belongs to continents of a _____ extent. One would really say, that the western part of
[005] nish me with an argument to support my theory. It is _____ , after what we have seen, that animals are numerous i
[006] ed also, that they had not been dug at random, but at _____ places where numerous footprints showed that quadrupe
[007] had also made snares from the long tough fibers of a _____ plant, and they were even more successful than the tr
[008] n the neighborhood were very numerous, among others, _____ very clear marks of claws. Herbert did not hesitate t
[009] ntelligent animal? The well led to the sea, that was _____ . Could narrow passages spread from it through the fou
[010] of his thoughts, could not restrain a smile. "It is _____ that a gun has been fired in the island, within three
[011] d the stones which he had used, and therefore he was _____ of not being mistaken. "Well!" said Neb, "these beas
[012] crossed with capricious veins. From time to time, in _____ places where the landing was easy, the canoe was sto
[013] ize miasmas. This natural antidote has been tried in _____ countries in the middle of Europe and the north of Af
[014] rter. "No, my dear Spilett; but you see that if it is _____ that a human being set foot on the island, it appears
[015] man being set foot on the island, it appears no less _____ that he has now left it." "Then, if I understand you
[016] ladder was sufficient to show that it was; it was also _____ that the inhabitants, whoever they might be, had not
[017] tuation, but he did not think it funny at all. It was _____ that the settlers would end by reinstating themselves
[018] he wished to visit Tabor Island, and as a boat of a _____ size was necessary for this voyage, he determined to
[019] was at first surprised at the odor which exhaled from _____ plants with straight stalks, round and branchy, beari
[020] he small leaves, chop them up, and subject them to a _____ torrefaction on hot stones. This took two months; but
[021] yard, Cyrus Harding conceived the idea of fabricating _____ machines, which greatly excited the curiosity of his
[022] glorious Union. The colors for it were supplied from _____ plants used in dyeing, and which were very abundant i
[023] exchanged between Harding and his companions. It was _____ that the bridge had been crossed, that the shore had
[024] ricts of the Far West forest, which abounded in game. _____ indigenous plants were discovered, and those fit for
[025] Pencroft were perfectly reasonable, and it was nearly _____ that, as the hut was deserted, and the tools, utensi
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[001] announced to his companions that very soon they would _____ a visit to the islet. The beach was strewn with innum
[002] joke," cried Pencroft; "but one of the jokers shall _____ the penalty for the rest." So saying, the sailor, rai
[003] he only one! Politeness requires us to go at least to _____ a visit." "By Jove," said Spilett, "our friend Pencro
[004] e contracted a debt, and I hope that we shall one day _____ it." "You are right in speaking thus, my dear Cyrus,
[005] wed. I, too, as you said, have a debt of gratitude to _____ him. It was he, it could be only he who must have com
[006] at the mouth of the Mercy." "But suppose the convicts _____ her another visit," said Herbert. "Well, my boy," re
[007] Pencroft. "No, Pencroft," replied the reporter. "I'll _____ the villains off!" cried the sailor, shaking his fist
[008] ursuit of the convicts, the latter might very probably _____ another visit to the plateau, and it would be useless
[009] ." These words were received with profound silence. " _____ attention to my wishes," he continued. "The 'Nautilus'
[010] aspect. Then--" "Well, Captain Harding?" "Then we will _____ a visit to Dakkar Grotto. I wish to inspect it. At an
[011] e colonists were too much occupied with their task to _____ any attention to even the most formidable of these an
[012] titutional amendment to allow legislators to vote on _____ raises for future Legislature sessions. A veteran
[013] ion should be directed to "give priority" to teacher _____ raises. _COLQUITT_ - After a long, hot controve
[014] f San Saba, would aid more than 17,000 retailers who _____ a group of miscellaneous excise taxes by eliminating
[015] Jr. of Paris, would relieve real estate brokers, who _____ their own annual licensing fee, from the $12 annual
[016] a poll on what kind of taxes Texans would prefer to _____ . An adverse vote of 81 to 65 kept in the State Af
[017] es on 70 million American workers would be raised to _____ the hospital and some other medical bills of 14.2 mi
[018] on each worker and employer- on the first $4,800 of _____ per year. The Kennedy plan alone would boost the bas
[019] ady scheduled to go up by 1 per cent on that date to _____ for other social security costs. #OUTLAYS WOULD INCR
[020] days for each illness, except that the patient would _____ $10 a day of the cost for the first nine days. _2._
[021] year passed a law providing grants to states to help _____ medical bills of the needy aged. #CALLS PROPOSAL M
[022] ill choose his own doctor and hospital". #WOULDN'T _____ DOCTORS# The plan does not cover doctor bills. They
[023] st year students. The schools could use the money to _____ 4-year scholarships, based on need, of up to $2,000
[024] ar per student. In addition, the government would _____ a $1,000 "cost of education" grant to the schools fo
[025] e, knowledge, services, facilities, and the means to _____ for them". #REACTION AS EXPECTED# Congressional re