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... actually slanted ? The apertures of the eyes of Chinese , Japanese and other members of the yellow race are not more slanted or oblique than are those of Caucasians . The slant - eyed effect is pro- duced by the low nose bridge , which ...
... actually slanted ? The apertures of the eyes of Chinese , Japanese and other members of the yellow race are not more slanted or oblique than are those of Caucasians . The slant - eyed effect is pro- duced by the low nose bridge , which ...
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... Actually the difference be- tween so - called warm - blooded and cold - blooded animals is not a difference in blood , for the blood is really not a heat - producing agency . The difference is essentially in the constancy or incon ...
... Actually the difference be- tween so - called warm - blooded and cold - blooded animals is not a difference in blood , for the blood is really not a heat - producing agency . The difference is essentially in the constancy or incon ...
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... actually ate husks . In Luke 15 , the only place in the Bible where this story is told , we read that the wanton " would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat . " From this we need not necessarily infer that ...
... actually ate husks . In Luke 15 , the only place in the Bible where this story is told , we read that the wanton " would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat . " From this we need not necessarily infer that ...
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