Word: laos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chuang Tzu, the expounder of Lao Tzu's Taoism", Professor Porter, Sever...
...Lao-man, tell the mother of little Horace to tell Horace that his father's last wish was that when he is 25 years of age, he should come to China as a missionary." Horace Tracy Pitkin, Congregational missionary at Paotingfu, Chili Province, China, said this one noisome summer day in 1901 to his faithful Chinese letter-carrier and general servant, Kuo Lao-man. Pastor Pitkin had some months before sent his wife and only child, Horace Collins Pitkin, then a scrappy three-year-old, back to Mrs. Pitkin's home at Troy, Ohio. His command to Kuo Lao...
...Lao Yan-Guen whom even Nero and Attila must envy...
...Union this evening at 8 o'clock, Dr. Afranio Amaral will be the principal speaker. His lecture, which will be open to members of the University, will deal with "The Campaign Against Snake Poisoning in Brazil--An Account of the Work of the Serum Therapeutic Institute of Butantan Lao Paulo." Dr. Amaral will illustrate his talk with slides made from pictures taken in Brazil...
...been preying on the provinces ever since the iron rule of the emperors was discarded for a comparatively feeble democratic government. They have recently been joined by the remnants of the army defeated by General Wu Pei-Fu. Bands of a hundred thousand strong and organized under a leader, Lao Yang-jen, became more daring as soon as the efficient Japanese withdrew from Shantung...