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Insect Irruptions. Hoffmann & Linduska want no one to think that DDT is foolproof. If used incorrectly, they concede that it can cause major trouble Heavy doses (5 lbs. or more per acre) might poison birds and small mammals and cause insect "irruptions." Aphids (plant lice) sometimes multiply disastrously when too much DDT has killed too many of their natural. enemies. But careful observations made all over the U.S. show that moderate spraying with DDT has little or no effect on birds, reptiles or mammals-and successfully gets rid of the pests...
...Boss Frank Hague, hovered around the old grey City Hall. Inside, Deputy City Clerk Ben Rosengard grasped the octagonal walnut box, spun it several times, then carefully pulled out a card. His announcement was just what the boys had expected: the magic box gave Boss Hague's foolproof Democratic machine the top place on the city-election ballot, as it had every time but once for 36 years...
...Patton's dash and saltiness. Readers who want the smell and smoke of battle will not get it here. But El Alamein should appeal to chess players. Every move of every battle is explained with the logic, the patience and the bland assurance of an instructor demonstrating a foolproof system. Writes Monty: "I have always planned on the assumption of success...
McGill University students take the election of their winter carnival queen with deadly seriousness. Last year there were charges that the vote was rigged. This year the student council adopted a foolproof ballot system and appointed dependable poll watchers...
...Collins was at second, Jack Barry at short, and Home Run Baker was on third. He learned his baseball as part of the greatest infield of an era, and from the way he talked, it second he had learned it well. As part of his talk, Mcinnis demonstrated a foolproof method of running down erring base runners with just two pegs. Nobody had ever seen it before; but this spring everybody who even sees the Sands Point Tigers play will...