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Word: asa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...institution, founded by professor Asa Gray in 1864, contains one of the world's finest collections of plant types. The six-member staff studies everything from the flora of Bolivia to plant life in the Rocky Mountains, carefully cataloguing material in three floors of steel cabinets, or in the library which stands on the spot once occupied by Gray's home...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: Circling the Square Flora's End | 3/4/1949 | See Source »

...ASA S. BUSHNELL III Tucson, Ariz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 23, 1948 | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

Crimson baseball forces had, until last Friday evening, spent the entire season firmly settled in the basement of Asa Bushnell's baseball edifice. But the law of averages seems to penetrate even unto the murky confines of the Eastern League, especially when some Brother organization is kind enough to give it a helping hand. Dolph Samborski's errant minions had to go all the way to Princeton, N. J., to win their first league contest, but they did it up handsomely, scoring twice in the ninth inning to wrest a 5 to 3 decision from the Tiger...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/18/1948 | See Source »

...York (A) at Memphis (ASA) Rain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exhibition Baseball | 4/14/1948 | See Source »

...shipping, hotels, communications, oil, banking, one-tenth of all Hawaiian pineapple, one-eighth of the island sugar. Since Henry Baldwin's death in 1911, the empire has been ruled by stocky Frank Baldwin (the Alexanders are no longer active in the management). Frank is training his own son, Asa, 40, to carry on. Last week, Asa moved into the new company as his father's second in command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: King of the Canebrakes | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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