Word: miceli
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...paragraph ending under his picture: unless most of Washington et al rhyme it with "Mice," the title to Secretary Ickes' undelivered blast "Loaded Dies" would have gone with the wind...
...TIME never tried to rhyme Dies with "geese." Nor with "mice." Dies rhymes with "spies...
...Mice and Men" is the kind of play which makes erstwhile adamant lovers of realism break ground and run for the affectionate softnesses of rosy romanticism. Some have termed it "a poetic idyll," some "stark" or "tragic" or "harrowing" or have used infinite combinations of all these terms. Whatever its effect on individuals, the play tells the story of Lennie, a monstrous halfwit, who absent-mindedly crushes the life out of small rodents because he likes to feel their fur; before the final act has run its macabre course, Lennie has so perfected the fine art of strong arm caressing...
...Brooklyn Children's Museum, youngsters learn about the earth, minerals, birds, animals, plants, insects, geography, history. They observe families of mice, model in clay, peer through microscopes, take apart models of flowers under the supervision of adult "docents.''* Patrons may borrow exhibits to take home. Only rule is that they must handle them with clean hands. The museum provides soap and water...
Although he hinted that his experiments may lead to practical immunizing measures against infantile paralysis as well as sleeping sickness, Dr. Armstrong did not advise that anyone court a cold, as a defense against worse ills. Said he: "We must be careful in reasoning from mice...