Word: loop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...often the flower plays too rough, and the snap of the pistil knocks the bee for a loop. Tough wild bees will take this punishment. Gently bred tame bees will not. They sneak up on the flower and steal its nectar stealthily without springing the pistil. The flower thus remains unfertilized and bears no alfalfa seed...
...almost two weeks, Chicago had been breaking out in a rash of cryptic signs: "KOVD." The letters were stenciled in red on Loop sidewalks. They flowered 10,000 feet overhead in sky writing and billboards showed them painted on a giant boxing glove. The city's Health Department was getting a message to Chicagoans: KNOCK OUT VENEREAL DISEASE...
Harvard is currently sharing first-place League laurels with Dartmouth, and a third loop victory this afternoon would leave it up to the Indians to keep pace...
...change in the plans of the architects, eliminating one loop of the paths, is expected to postpone the completion of the job even longer. The third level entrance of Lamont has been closed since vacation because of the construction work...
This year marks the second in which the circuit will be run on a ten-team setup, with both service academies and Brown back in the fold. The closest Harvard has come to winning a loop title was in 1936 when it shared honors with Dartmouth. This year it may upset the apple cart. You never can tell