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...second period, the varsity added two more scores, but defense and midfields did not chock or press hard enough to stop a five goal Eli barrage. Paul Birdsall's third period goal tied the score, 6 to 6, but the Blue countered with three more in that period despite the alert goal tending of reserve Dick Thomas...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Lacrosse Team Edged, 12-9, By Highly Touted Bulldogs | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...plan was formed when a chock through the union catalogue of the Library of Congress--a file of 12,000,000 volumes in libraries throughout the nation--revealed that less than half the foreign publications were going into American libraries, while those that were arriving were frequently duplicated in many libraries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 6 Universities Map Storage Library; Metcalf Heads Planning Committee | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...lives in a world that is chock-full of things likely to cause allergies, says Swartz. He cannot escape them from the time he gets up in the morning until he goes to bed at night. Going to bed is no escape, either: fresh-laundered sheets may have bits of cornstarch sticking to them; the bedroom chair may have been put together with fish glue. If a man drinks gin, he may suffer an allergy as well as a hangover. Not counting the olive in a Martini, Dr. Swartz lists some of the possible ingredients of gin that may cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sniffles & Bumps | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

...months, gardeners had been nursing thousands of plants, arranged in West Princes Street Gardens, to spell out in brilliant flowers the names of Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven. On flag-festooned streets, shops were chock-full of tartans and souvenirs. And Edinburgh's crammed hotels had wangled enough extra rations of Scotch for more than a wee drap o' that for everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Wee Drap o' Music | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...plantation bought for him by the Venezuelan government, Steinmetz had raised soybeans, crossbred them. Finally he had a black soybean. He named it Santa Maria. Slightly smaller and softer than the common bean, it has none of the bitter aftertaste of the ordinary soybean. More important, it is chock full of proteins and contains all the known vitamins except C. One kilo is equal in protein to six dozen eggs or twelve pints of milk, items always scarce in the Latin American diet. It is also cheaper than the regular bean: 1.50 bolivars per kilo (45?) instead of 2.50 bolivars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food for the Hungry | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

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