Word: guinea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Murder or Not? Vercors' question comes up when British scientists discover in New Guinea a large tribe of cliff-dwellers. Paranthropus ("tropi" for short) is a queer chap, human in that he smokes his meat and buries his dead; simian in many of his physical characteristics; a bit of both in that, though normally erect in stance, he is happy to drop on all fours and thunder off at a gallop. Australian wool interests hope that the "tropis" will prove to be a dream-come-true-workers who can be trained to operate a loom without benefit of paycheck...
...rice) and taff (potatoes). Their top Grecian still has the privilege of delivering a special address to each new British sovereign, and each year the whole school marches to the residence of the Lord Mayor to receive for each boy a brand-new shilling and for each Grecian a guinea...
...John Buddingh of Louisiana State University reported a quicker test for TB. Sputum or spinal fluid from a suspected case is injected into a fertilized egg. Microscopic study within four to six days will show whether tubercle bacilli are present. The current method with cultures or guinea pigs takes four to six weeks. ¶ Polio struck early at Prairie Village, Kans. (pop. 9,500), and, with eight cases reported, the Office of Defense Mobilization allocated 1,000 cc of scarce gamma globulin. Not all exposed children got the shots; injections were given instead to every third or fourth youngster...
...this year, these students would have been certain of House residence, but they were chosen as guinea pigs for a new and needed experiment. The Housemasters had decided to give each House a section of floor of its own in Claverly, and to fill the building with a cross section, instead of the least-desired part, of the sophomore class...
...most effortless ways of earning money which the Bureau frequently offers is psychological testing. Budding psychologists and social relations centers request students to serve as "guinea pigs" for new IQ Tests...