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Word: horsley (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...After going hungry for five days, male dogs have a striking increase in fertility, Johns Hopkins researchers reported. This jibes with nature's way (seals and walruses do not eat before mating), but conflicts with animal-husbandry practice, which overfeeds beasts at stud. Said Dr. W. Horsley Gantt: "I see no reason to think the principle would not also apply to humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, may 3, 1954 | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...Moderato for string trio by Imogene Horsley, teaching fellow in music, is a logically built work with some excellent contrapuntal passages and often lyrical melodic line. Betty Churgin's Allegretto for flute and piano consists of the episodic treatment of two recurrent themes. Because of some weak transitions, the sections seemed somewhat dis-connected--though they were skillfully worked out in themselves...

Author: By Au Gratin, | Title: Harvard Composers | 3/28/1952 | See Source »

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