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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...termite species in every area of the world except the Arctic and Antarctic. The study of termites is something of a challenge, even to such a determined student as Snyder. The trouble is, most termites are blind and soft-bodied, shun light, and always conceal themselves in the earth, wood, or any other of the more than 150 different objects (ranging from toy blocks to Egyptian mummies) in which they have been discovered. Termites are fond of wood because their digestive tracts harbor a specific kind of protozoa which enables them to digest cellulose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Termite Hunter | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

University Club Blues vs. Varsity B Team: Symmes (H), defeated Kouman, 3-1; Lee defeated Richardson (H), 3-2; Wood (H) defeated Levin, 3-2; Roberts defeated Hunt (H), 3-0; Richmond defeated Foss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UC Blues Defeat Varsity B Squad In Squash Match | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

Jobs currently open at the Employment Office include sawing wood, running errands, clearing land, chauffering, translating, and tutoring (of non-Harvard students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Snap Up Odd Jobs In Search for Xmas Money | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

Last week, on the eve of getting his medal, Simon took cold, a day later died. In a dark wood coffin draped with the Union Jack, he was buried in a pet cemetery at Ilford, Essex. A wooden marker at his head bore the epitaph: "In Honored Memory of Simon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In Honored Memory | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Lepers, slumdwellers and downtrodden tribesmen look upon Scott as a saint. Those white men in South Africa who believe that blacks are subhuman hewers of wood and drawers of water call him a crackpot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: A Cry for Humanity | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

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