Word: files
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...request of the Navy, which is responsible for many Pacific islands, the National Research Council sent Mollusk Expert Dr. Francis X. Williams to Africa to look for the big snail's enemies. In Kenya he found small, fierce, carnivorous snails boring into big achatinas with sharp, file-like teeth. He also found snail-eating beetles, and took both finds back to Hawaii, where they are still penned up carefully for observation. Some biologists fear that if the beetles and small snails exterminate the giant snails, they might look around for other food and become pests themselves...
...Candidates must file a petition with at least 75 signatures to get their names on the ballot. There will be no screening process this year...
...maintains its own squash courts in the back of the University courts on Linden street. The studious will find the library upstairs in "C" entry well supplied with texts, reference books, and fiction. And for the musically inclined, a collection of classical and semi-classical records is always on file. Those who wouldst live dangerously can test their attitude towards parietal rules against the challenge of over a dozen unguarded gates. What more could a Gold Coaster, past or present want in the way of conveniences...
...file of 300 popular and about 1000 classical records serves most of the station's broadcasting needs. The majority of the programs are record shows as a student poll taken last fall showed that listeners favored classical and popular music to "live" shows or drama workshop features...
...Rank & file U.S. movie exhibitors may not care much about cinematic art for its own sake, but they know what they want from Hollywood. Last week the exhibitors drew some conclusions from their box-office receipts. After polling its exhibitor-members across the nation, the Allied States Association announced: Hollywood's pictures (and advertising) have been truckling to the tastes of "sophisticated Broadway audiences" and "professional reviewers," and run a serious risk of becoming "class entertainment...