Word: maling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...class of '49, FORTUNE found, is a mature one (average age: 24). Seven out of ten male seniors are veterans, and three out of ten are married. "But it is in a different respect that the character of '49 is really extraordinary. For '49 ... has turned its back on what its elders automatically assume is ... one of the most cherished prerogatives of youth. Forty-nine is taking no chances...
...habits of mosquitoes, though closely studied, are still a dark mystery. The males of a few species take their mates where they find them, just like less subtle insects. Among the Opifex fuscus of New Zealand, the males like their females young. They skim along the surface of stagnant water, watching downward intently and sometimes thrusting their heads below the surface. They are looking for female pupae about to become adult. When a pupa breaks the surface, the male tears open the pupa case and mates with the still-soft imago before it has fully emerged...
...Male Swarming. Most mosquitoes are less direct. Their mating habits center around a curious custom that scientists call "swarming." Hundreds of males gather 'in a dim-lit space, whirling around & around one another, emitting a low hum. This, according to one theory, excites and attracts the females. Certainly any female that comes near the swarming males is never the same again. Some observers claim to have seen the same female join the same swarm repeatedly...
Last week John was back at his home in Yonkers, but he will soon look for a new life as a male secretary in another city. There would still be lots of prob lems. Said the new male: "Really I am only one month...
...picture of Ingrid Bergman on the yellow-and-black cover, as she might appear through a telescope focused on Stromboli. The longest story in the magazine was five sentences; most were told in one sentence that was merely a paraphrase of a headline. There were 25 departments (Science, Sports, Male & Female, Fashions, etc.). Among the biggest departments (four pages) was "Quick Predicts," a kind of Kiplinger letter in monosyllables...