Word: crosses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Falun, Sweden last week, Finns and Russians met on a happier battleground than they had during the winter war of 1939-40. The two nations, along with 18 others, met for the Federation International de Ski (F.I.S.) world championships in the "Nordic" division,† i-e., jumping and cross-country races, where winning premiums are paid for stamina, endurance and style. The Russians, competing in their first F.I.S. championships, sent a big delegation: 32 skiers, including eight women, plus 19 "leaders," most of whom seemed to prefer fireside comforts to watching the Russian team in action...
...Finland's Matti Pietikainen made jumps of 251 and 256 feet for an easy first place. Russia scored when bantam-size (5 ft. 3 in. 120 Ibs.) Vladimir Kusin, a Leningrad student, beat Finland's Veikko Hakulinen by 26 seconds in the 30-kilometer (about 18.6 miles) cross-country race. Asked which race he preferred, Kusin answered curtly: "The ones...
...kilometer cross-country race (9.3 miles) Russia's Kusin was a prime favorite, but the indomitable Finns refused to concede. Led by Hakulinen, a 29-year-old forestry student, Finland swept the race 1-2-3-and so delighted Finnish officials that they spontaneously burst out singing their national anthem, Maamme (Our Lord) while Russia's Kusin, angrily shrugging off newsmen, stalked away...
...Russian women won the race by 25 seconds, but the Finns decided not to enter a protest. As it turned out, the Finns hardly needed the event. This week, after they had whipped the Russians again in the 40-kilometer (24.8 miles) relay event, lost the 50-kilometer cross-country race, the unofficial scoring showed the Finns first with 75 points, Russia second with...
...comparing the Bat Cave cobs with later corn known to have been crossed with teosinte, the scientists obtained evidence of the value of teosinte. In addition, they experimentally proved that cross-breeding with teosinte causes corn to mutate and increase in variability, thus becoming more susceptible to human selection...