Word: formful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pavan called his discovery Iridomyrmecin. By 1948 he had reduced it to its pure crystalline form, reported that Iridomyrmecin was deadly to many insects but harmless to man. It showed signs of being highly effective against the germs producing typhus, cholera and tuberculosis...
...stated that next year would be a temporary "holding operation" to preserve the status quo during which it would be decided whether the University is able or willing to support the intercollegiate and intramural programs in their present form...
...middle of April brought a frustrating reversal of form on the part of the Shepardmen. Sound thrashings at the hands of Navy, Northeastern, and Springfield effectively dashed the hopes of the week before; and subsequent (close) losses to Army and Pennsylvania put the Crimson out of the Eastern League race for good...
...course, although the Russians have offered proposals similar to this one on several occasions in the past, they are not likely to accept it now. Almost any form of re-unification could be acceptable to the West, except one that involved the entry of Soviet troops into West Germany (Russian soldiers form rapid attachments to places they visit, and they just hate to go home). The Soviets seem to be taking the attitude of "Nobody really wants to unify Germany" and are concentrating rather on hardening and formalizing the lines that currently divide Europe...
Captain-elect Tim Gallwey, Bowditch, Vinton and Jorge Lemann--two to five this year--form an impressive nucleus for the 1960 squad. Although Gallwey was playing ahead of him at the end of the year, Bowditch's victory in the New England's may well have established him as next year's number one. As for the two gaps in the top six, the most likely candidates to fill them are freshmen Joram Piatigorsky and Mark Woodbury and sophomores Bob Schwartzman and Pete Smith...