Word: forested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Died. Forest ("Nubbins") Hoffman, 7, the solemn little boy who fought a four-year losing battle for his life; of a bladder ailment; in Cheyenne, Wyo. In 1944, newspaper readers across the land helped Nubbins celebrate Christmas six weeks early because he was not expected to live, filled his home with letters and presents (Railroad Tycoon Bill Jeffers sent a toy automobile, Harry Truman sent a book), have since closely followed his two major operations and long fight in hospitals...
...women's indoor championships, California's bouncy 25-year-old Gertrude ("Gussie") Moran took the court for the finals against fellow Californian Nancy Chaffee. Gussie was out to prove that her strong semifinals play against National Champion Margaret Osborne du Pont at Forest Hills last September was no fluke. She did; hitting a powerful ball, she made it a 35-minute match...
...Denmark outdid itself to celebrate King Frederik IX's soth birthday. Among his gifts: a racing motorboat, two carpets, a big electric stove with kitchen utensils, a tractor for plowing fire belts in the royal forest and, from a nine-year-old wellwisher, a letter containing some cigarettes...
...appointments have been made to the University faculty, Provost Buck announced last night. The new professors are Homer Jakobson, Thomas G. Massaryk Professor of Czechoslovak Studies at Columbia University, who will become Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Hugh M. Raup. Director of the Harvard Forest, who will be Professor of Botany...
Raup, a staff member of Harvard's Gray Herbarium since 1929, became Forest Director in 1946. He has led several botanical expeditions to Alaska, and is known for his work on the botany of Canada...