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...matrella (Manila grass), an oriental variety with which U.S. horticulturists began to experiment five years ago. Park Superintendent Leo Goss of Louisville has covered four acres of Seneca Park with Zoysia, spread its fame among U.S. greenskeepers. Propagated from runners* instead of seed, Zoysia spreads quickly, crowds out even crab grass. It has already been planted in a number of Southern airfields and country clubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Southern Papers Please Copy | 11/6/1944 | See Source »

Franco's crabwalk toward the Allied camp did not overly impress Allied leaders. But they had reason to feel that at least they had him crab-walking in the right direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Mil Perdones, Senores! | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

...also disclosed the presence in our midst of another talented double-talker in the person of Sidney Resnik, who served beautifully as a stooge for the fog-horn-voiced Benjamin. The dialogue between A.A. (Rita) Addington and O.K. (Olivia) Bovard brought down the house and Lt. (jg) T.W. (Bide Crab) Bradley with it. That last remark involving the distribution of naval responsibility and its various ramifications was unanimously elected as the climax crack of the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 9/14/1943 | See Source »

...crab down...

Author: By Ensign H. S. bailey, | Title: ELECTRONICS SCHOOL | 6/25/1943 | See Source »

...Japs had expected a long stay on Attu. Their food supplies were ample: shrimp and crab meat and bamboo shoots, spices and soy sauce and dried black seaweed for flavoring rice. They varied this diet by catching salmon and halibut, shooting Emperor geese and Yukon River ducks. They had hundreds of gallons of sake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ALEUTIANS: Last Ditch | 6/7/1943 | See Source »

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