Word: contains
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...public appearances which any of the University musical groups will be able to make this summer will be the serenade by the Concert Band to be given for the Student Naval Officers tonight in the Yard. The program will contain many of the band's old favorites, featuring, in particular, the Navy medley played at the last Harvard-Navy game, and the popular Harvard Medley...
...looking better, Morrison cabled: "In military phraseology, the positions are still being described as 'fluid.' When the present pressure is relieved, perhaps someone will compile a glossary of military cliches for the benefit of people living in a homelier world. Certainly such a glossary would contain the word 'fluid,' probably translated for the layman in this way: 'Our boys are catching hell and the outcome is uncertain...
Chemical Warfare. Termite soldiers are so specialized for war that they cannot even feed themselves, must be crammed by workers. Their fantastic defense mechanism is designed solely for use against their chief enemy, ants. The soldiers' enlarged heads (see cut, p. 38) contain glands which produce a viscous chemical. Some times it is squirted forth in a gooey stream which entangles the attackers, and some times confuses and repels them by its odor...
...Natural and synthetic stones are chemically identical. Differences can be detected only with a microscope. If anything, the synthetics are a little better, since they contain fewer flaws...
...first of these methods is the traditional two hour examination which will contain historical, scientific, and literary passages, of which the student must choose one. These exams are given at least twice during the year and on failure may be taken over again...