Word: mayr
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turned to youth. Gabriele Cropper, 1950's Magdalene, who had put off her marriage (though she is 34) because she thought she was in the running for the part of the Virgin Mary, burst into tears when the committee chose Irmi Dengg. a 21-year-old salesgirl. Anneliese Mayr, 20. landed the part of the Magdalene, and Woodcarver Werner Bierling. 28, was named the Apostle John-the only beardless male role. Bearded Bierling promptly visited the barber...
...Ernst Mayr, professor of zoology, Harvard University......................... Sc.D...
Only two of the statements made so far expressed any doubt concerning the choice. Dr. Ernst Mayr, Professor of Zoology, thought the purple finch a fine bird, but added, "Actually it's nothing very important, if you ask me." Whole-heartdly in favor of his nominee, Rep. Monahan had to concede that the purple finch is not really purple, but "like a sparrow dipped in rasberry juice." Outside of these two minor points, the purple finch is generally regarded as one of America's finest sweet-throated songsters...
...Mayr is currently Curator of the Whitney-Rothschild Collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. His appointment here becomes effective July...
...Mayr has been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Columbia, the University of Washington, and the University of Pavia in Italy. He is the author of "Systematic and the Origin of the Species...