Word: extinctionism
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DR. WILLIAM'S book is written on a theory which, although not accepted by many geologists, is nonetheless interesting. The author gives evidence that the continents have moved to their present position from the South pole at the rate of several feet a century. He then traces the evolution of...
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Hard-hit by Depression, small colleges throughout the land are all economizing, according to members of the L.A.C.M. Many are threatened with extinction. Some recent evidences:
"Only about half the normal number of ducks will fly south this season. This is the third consecutive disastrous breeding year. Unless we have what might be called a moratorium on wildfowl shooting in this year of crisis I am afraid the ducks will go down into extinction."
Throughout the U. S., suburban residents have been complaining this year of what amounts to a squirrel plague, while rural citizens bemoan that squirrels are near extinction. Naturalists explain that pothunters and automobiles have slain thousands over the countryside, while squirrels in close city trees and garrets are zealously, fondly...