The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 104National Geographic Society, 1953 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... face Mecca and pray . These offer midafternoon prayers in Mina . The basic rakah , or bow- ing , consists of seven move- ments : crying " Allahu ak- bar ! " ( God is most great ) with hands open beside the face ; reciting , upright ...
... face Mecca and pray . These offer midafternoon prayers in Mina . The basic rakah , or bow- ing , consists of seven move- ments : crying " Allahu ak- bar ! " ( God is most great ) with hands open beside the face ; reciting , upright ...
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... face the last steep slope leading to the crest of the West Buttress . It rose directly 600 feet above our shelf at an average angle of more than 60 ° ( measured by clinometer ) . The final obstacle , now also clearly in sight , was the ...
... face the last steep slope leading to the crest of the West Buttress . It rose directly 600 feet above our shelf at an average angle of more than 60 ° ( measured by clinometer ) . The final obstacle , now also clearly in sight , was the ...
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... face to face with a terror- stricken mob and saved ourselves only by dodging into an alley hardly wider than our diminutive taxi . Author Retains Happy Memories Yet happier memories surge up to blot out the scenes of violence . I ...
... face to face with a terror- stricken mob and saved ourselves only by dodging into an alley hardly wider than our diminutive taxi . Author Retains Happy Memories Yet happier memories surge up to blot out the scenes of violence . I ...
Contents
Fact Finding for Tomorrows Planes A Little Faninabox Wind | v |
All America Mingles in the Prairie State | ix |
Rip Van Winkle of the Underground North Americas Much Misunder | xii |
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