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Word: grams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year-old farmhouse of Mellie Dunham, Henry Ford's favorite fiddler, at Norway, Me., burned down. Stoically said Mellie: "Still got Gram [his wife], and still got the fiddles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 31, 1930 | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

...Mouse Unit" Potency. The potency of female sex hormone substances is measured in "mouse units" or "rat units." One "rat unit" equals four "mouse units." One gram of comparatively crude hormone-containing substance is sufficient, if injected with properly minute doses, to make 30,000 spayed mice rut again. The crystals will stimulate 8,000,000 mice or 2,000,000 rats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Female Sex Hormone | 2/24/1930 | See Source »

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