earthman
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You see, earthman, our race has never developed the morals and inhibitions which your people find so necessary.
From Valley of the Croen by Tarbell, Lee
Actually, he admitted, he had been the first earthman to talk to a person from another world.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
That empty arm in the spacesuit told the story of an earthman become voluntary exile, choosing the desolation of space to the companionship of other humans who would deluge him with unwonted sympathy.
From The Beast of Space by Hardart, F.E.
You present a problem new to us, earthman.
From Valley of the Croen by Tarbell, Lee
We did not come here to colonize, earthman.
From Valley of the Croen by Tarbell, Lee
The stories "were connected by the repeated theme that earthmen are despoilers and not developers", according to the FBI.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2012
The earthmen begin to wonder whether the planners of their glorious mission "had invested billions and lifted mountains in order to find a civilization gone berserk."
From Time Magazine Archive
They hoped that earthmen would understand it, since they were sending it back by laser beam.
From Time Magazine Archive
So when earthmen land on a foreign planet, they had better not eat the indigenous plants or animals; if they do, they will be poisoned, or at least will not be nourished.
From Time Magazine Archive
"There's no earthmen to kill on Lyria," Calvin insisted stubbornly.
From Earth Alert! by Neville, Kris
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